Screening of 'One Step Ahead' and 'Kompromat'

The Institut Français in Spain presents in its French cinema evening two recent films that, from two completely different perspectives, coincide in presenting characters facing unexpected, and in some cases extreme, changes in their lives. The two films are directed by two veteran directors with a long career behind them: Jéróme Salle and Cédric Kalpisch. A comedy and a thriller not suitable for all sensibilities.

16:40 - 18:40 h Screening of One Step Ahead

The first screening is a comedy suitable for all audiences. In One Step Ahead, Élise is a great classical dancer who is forced to stop dancing after suffering an injury during a performance. From that moment on, her life is turned upside down and she must learn to rebuild herself... Élise's life is spent between Paris and Brittany, where she has encounters, experiences, disappointments and hopes that lead her to meet a contemporary dance company. This new way of dancing will allow her to give a new impulse to her life by discovering a new way of living. Nominated 9 times at the last César Awards, including Best Film and Best Direction.
Directed by Cédric Klapisch and starring Marion Barbeau and Hofesh Shechter.
Running time: 117 minutes.

18:55 - 20:55pm Screening of Kompromat

Kompromat. The Russian File is a dark thriller in which Mathieu, a French diplomat and member of the French Institute in Irkutsk (Russia), is arrested and imprisoned by the Russian authorities on charges of sexual abuse of his own daughter. He has been falsely incriminated by the Russian Federal Security Service; a distressing situation with very topical overtones in the European context.
Directed by Jéróme Salle and starring Giller Lellouche and Joanna Kulig.
Running time: 121 minutes.

The evening will be presented by Geoffroy Gerard, Director of the IE Foundation.

The films will be screened in their original language with Spanish subtitles