Millau cinema accompanies the passage of the Olympic flame

Le film de Hugh Hudson, Les chariots de feu, sera diffusé mercredi 16 mai à Millau. DR

Grands Causses Cinéma and the Millau cinema are joining forces to offer cinema programming linked to the region and sport.

The Grands Causses region is hosting a historic event on May 13: the Olympic torch relay. For the occasion, the City and the Community of Communes are organizing a month of cultural and sporting events for everyone, from April 17 to May 15, 2024.

Grands Causses Cinéma Aveyron Occitanie and the Millau cinema have joined forces to offer a cinema program linked to the region and sport from May 13 to 15, 2024.

On the program at the Millau cinema

Monday May 13, 2024 (10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m.)

Selection of short films intended for primary school children. Including the film Numéro 10, by Florence Bamba, which was filmed in Toulouse in 2019. Awa, a law student, is passionate about football. rsquo;she practices in her neighborhood. His passion, however, is not to everyone's taste. The main actress is Assa Sylla who we discovered in the series Reusss on FranceTV Slash.

Tuesday May 14, 2024 (8:30 p.m.)

Free to run, documentary by Pierre Morath (2016, 1 h 39). From the streets of New York to the trails of the Swiss Alps, men and women, champions or anonymous… There are tens of millions of them running each year. 40 years ago, running was still considered a marginal act, an almost deviant practice confined to male athletes and the confines of stadiums. « Free to Run » retraces the fabulous epic of this solitary sport that has become a universal passion. Pierre Morath's new film is a hymn to the glory of free racing and those who make it exist.

Wednesday May 15, 2024 (8:30 p.m.)

Chariots of Fire, film by Hugh Hudson (1981, 2 h) 1924, two British athletes triumph at the Olympic Games Paris. This brilliant victory goes further than a simple sporting feat. The most important thing in this triumph are the deep reasons which led them both on the path to victory. Harold Abrahams is Jewish and runs to fight the adversity he experienced at Cambridge University. Eric Lidell is Scottish, son of a missionary in China, who runs for the glory of God. The film follows their lives in the years leading up to the Olympic Games. The film received 4 Oscars.

Practical information: Paid screenings at the Millau Cinema. Millau Cinema – Rue de la pépinière 12100 Millau.