This month finally sees the UK release of Mathieu Kassovitz’s fact-based drama, REBELLION. The acclaimed film, co-written, directed and starring the Frenchman, centres on dissidents in a French colony who attacked a police station in 1988 and took hostages. Below we have all the details of a number of early screenings via the press release, which all include a question and answer session with Kassovitz.
Rebellion Q&A Screenings Next Sunday April 14th
Hackney Picturehouse – 2pm
http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/Hackney_Picturehouse/film/Rebellion
Odeon Covent Garden – 4pm
http://www.odeon.co.uk/fanatic/film_info/m100564/Rebellion_Q_amp_A_With_Mathieu_Kassovitz
Cine Lumiere – 6pm
http://www.institut-francais.org.uk/cine-lumiere/whats-on/new-releases/rebellion
Mathieu Kassovitz (La Haine) makes a powerful comeback in front of and behind the camera with this violent thriller, based on true events.
It’s April 1988 on the Ouvéa Island in the French colony of New Caledonia. 30 police are kidnapped by Kanak separatists and in response 300 special-forces operatives are sent in to restore order. To avoid unnecessary conflict, Philippe Legorjus (Kassovitz), the captain of an elite counter-terrorism police unit, is sent in to the heart of the rebel base to negotiate a peaceful solution. But against the highly pressured backdrop of presidential elections in France, the stakes are high and all bets are off.
Rebellion stars Mathieu Kassovitz, Malik Zidi, Alexandre Steiger, Daniel Martin, Jean-Philippe Puymartin, Philippe de Jacquelin Dulphé. Based on a screenplay by Mathieu Kassovitz, Pierre Geller and Benoît Jaubert with the collaboration of Serge Frydman and based on the novel La morale et l’action by Philippe Legorjus. Produced by Christophe Rossignon and Philipe Boëffard and directed by Mathieu Kassovitz.
Lionsgate UK will release REBELLION in cinemas across the UK from April 19th, 2013
