“An irresistible romantic comedy that’s genuinely romantic and undeniably comic, Je crois que je l’aime is a fast-paced, Paris-set confection without an ounce of narrative fat. The tale of a captain of industry who falls for an artist sparkles from start to finish thanks to a smart premise, terrific performances and writer-
director Pierre Jolivet’s knack for depicting believable human behaviour in unanticipated situations” (Lisa Nesselson, Variety). Divorced magnate Lucas
(Vincent Lindon) runs a large and successful tech company. Fashionable, forthright Elsa (Sandrine Bonnaire) is installing a ceramic mosaic in the lobby of his French HQ. Lucas becomes smitten with Elsa, but is not without his suspicions: his last girlfriend turned out to be a spy for a business rival. So Lucas assigns Roland (François Berléand), his company’s security chief, to
put Elsa under surveillance. “The subsequent shenanigans are enormous fun to watch ... Full of twists and turns but never overstuffed or strained, the script is as intricate as it is entertaining ... Bonnaire, just shy of 40, has been acting onscreen for nearly 25 years, yet this marks her first real comedy — and she shines ... For the record, Bonnaire and Lindon played a couple nearly 20 years ago in Claude Sautet’s Quelques jours avec moi” (Nesselson). Colour, 35mm, in French with English subtitles. 90 mins.

“One of Denmark’s most exciting young directors and screenwriters (he co-wrote Susanne Bier’s Brothers), Anders Thomas Jensen demonstrated his talent for wicked comedy with [2003’s] The Green Butchers ... His penchant for subversion and outrage is even more evident in Adam’s Apples, a decidedly twisted parody of spiritual redemption melodramas. Ivan (Mads Mikkelsen)
is an insanely optimistic preacher who takes in convicts to help around the remote, rural church he ministers to ... His newest ‘helper’ is Adam (Ulrich Thomsen from Brothers), a vicious neo-Nazi biding his time before he can return to hellraising. Asked to set a goal for his stay, Adam sarcastically answers that he’d like to bake a pie. Ivan cheerfully takes that statement at face value and puts him in charge of the parish’s pride and joy: the only apple tree in the vicinity ... Visually stunning in a manner that evokes the work of Bergman, Dreyer and Tarkovsky, Adam’s Apples is the kind of film that makes you squirm, laugh and gasp simultaneously” (Toronto I.F.F.). The movie was Denmark’s official Foreign-Language Film Oscar submission last year. “Hugely entertaining ... It’s as opulent as a collaboration between Ingmar Bergman and Ridley Scott” (Ken Eisner, Georgia Straight). Colour, 35mm, in Danish with English subtitles. 94 mins.