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For this Sunday Kino Night, first up is A Prophet (2009), a French prison drama about an illiterate Arab French man serving a six-year sentence; he arrives a fresh-faced ingenue, but soon toughens himself up as he navigates the politics of the rival gangs that surround him. Eventually, he rises to the top, but at what cost? God Damn France: The Movie. This is considered the magnum opus of director Jancques Audiard, who is otherwise best-known for the Western drama The Sisters Brothers (2018). One of the highest-rated French films of this millennium.

Next is Nowhere (1997), a surreal comedy about a group of LGBT youths in LA about to attend the wildest party of the year, and their bizarre, psychedelic, hypersaturated escapades along the way. Apparently, there’s an alien-abduction plot weaved in here, too. Director is Gregg Araki, who is otherwise known for Mysterious Skin (2004), which we have not watched. A lot of critical acclaim for this one -- “Clueless on Acid” is the recurring refrain in reviews – so let’s give it a whirl.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

  • A Prophet: https://letterboxd.com/film/a-prophet/
  • Nowhere: https://letterboxd.com/film/nowhere/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

  • A Prophet: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1235166/parentalguide/?ref_=tt_stry_pg
  • Nowhere: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048261/parentalguide/?ref_=tt_stry_pg

CWs for A Prophet:

  • Blood and gore.
  • Beatings/
  • Cutting of flesh.
  • Stabbing.
  • Racism.
  • Throat mutilation.
  • Strip searching.
  • Profanity.
  • Needles.
  • Smoking.
  • Drug use.
  • Alcohol.
  • Corpses.
  • Nudity.
  • Sex.
  • Reference to prison r*pe (though it is depicted.)
  • Shower scene.

CWs for Nowhere:

  • Sexual assault: A man kisses a teenage girl against her consent in an aggressive manner, at about 32 minutes in. The scene lasts about one minute, after which the film shows the aftermath, where the girl is traumatized.
  • Death of dog.
  • Drug use.
  • Drug addiction.
  • Alcohol abuse.
  • Animal corpses.
  • Death of pet.
  • Bugs.
  • Slapping of woman.
  • Someone is physically restrained.
  • Cutting of flesh.
  • Self-harm.
  • Someone struggles to breathe.
  • Body horror.
  • Squashed head.
  • Tooth damage.
  • Blood and gore.
  • R-slur.
  • Kidnapping.
  • Shower scene.
  • Vomiting.
  • Spitting.
  • Audio gore.
  • Needles.
  • Self-harm.
  • Suicide attempt.
  • Misophonia.
  • Body dysmorphia.
  • Eating disorder.
  • Suicide.
  • Shaky cam.
  • Flashing lights.
  • F-slur.
  • Ableism.
  • “Man in dress” joke.
  • Death of LGBT person.
  • Fat jokes.
  • Hate speech.
  • Age-gap romance.
  • Nudity.
  • Sex.
  • Drowning.
  • Blood and gore.
  • Gun violence.
  • Sad ending.

Links to movies:

  • A Prophet: https://tankie.tube/w/2Z7Vw9Z1yuKYWbgaGXFP7V
  • Nowhere: https://tankie.tube/w/9XKSiwAJUiWm7XDqH6UkeM