Arco
- Today, Feb 11
- Thu, Feb 12
Director: Ugo Bienvenu Run Time: 88 min. Release Year: 2025 Language: French
Starring: Alma Jodorowsky, Margot Ringard Oldra, Nathanaël Perrot, Oscar Tresanini, Swann Arlaud
Arco, ten years old, lives in a far future. During his first flight in his rainbow suit, he loses control and falls in the past. Iris, a little girl his age from 2075, saw him fall. She rescues him and tries by all means to send him back to his era.
“A front-on shot of Iris and Arco sitting on a bench quickly transforms into a dynamic tableau when Iris moves her head and we see Dougie, Stewie, and Frankie in the background, eavesdropping on the kids’ conversation. It is a beautiful layering not only of images but also of atmospheres––of hope in the foreground and disaster in the background. It brings to mind what Bertrand Bonello called the “limbo state” in his film ‘Coma’ (co-produced by Bienvenu): the feeling that so many young people have of being caught between optimism and pessimism––of looking at the world’s problems and feeling powerless, but not being ready to give up hope just yet.” ~ Oliver Weir, The Film Stage