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JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014SATURDAY 15TH FEBRUARYMISS VIOLENCEOpening with the inexplicable suicide of eleven-yearoldAngeliki in the middle of her own birthday party,it’s plain to see that Miss Violence demands of itsviewers a certain threshold of pain. Yet if Angeliki’sseemingly typical middle-class Greek family bearsany emotional wounds from this harrowing loss,these are certainly not on public display. On thecontrary, her single mother, grandparents andsiblings present a perfectly composed front. AndChild Protective Services are beginning to wonder…With his second feature, Alexandros Avranas createsa tastefully austere, colour-co-ordinated universe,where everything is ordered and nothing is what itseems. Upon closer inspection, the film’s subduedpalette can be interpreted as a visual metaphor forsubmission, as the deceptively placid paterfamiliascan slip from gentle protector to tormentor, causingall colour to drain from his household.Sat 15 Feb / Cineworld 12 / 8.30pm / 99 minutesDirector: Alexandros Avranas 2013 GreeceWriters: Alexandros Avranas, Kostas PeroulisCast: Kostas Antalopoulos, Constantinos Athanasiades, Chloe BolotaWinner, Best Director & Best Actor, Venice International Film FestivalSet up as a carefully constructed series of episodes inwhich the family’s history is gradually revealed, MissViolence is a domestic coup d’état waiting to happen.From the script to the acting, Miss Violenceis precision film-making at its best.Dimitri EpidesToronto International Film FestivalSTRANGER BY THE LAKEL’INCONNU DU LACOne of the most talked about and lauded films atCannes 2013, Stranger by the Lake is an intoxicatingaccount of one heathen summer by a French lake,populated by men, gay and straight, dressed andundressed, hunter and prey.Franck is a gay man who frequents the lake,popular with nudists and men cruising for sex inthe surrounding forests, and comes to know Michel,to whom he is dangerously and foolishly attracted.When given good reason to stay away from him,Franck chooses not to and walks into a deadly gameof cat and mouse.‘an absorbing and intelligent exploration of queer desire’VarietySat 15 Feb / Light House 1 / 9pm / 92 minutesWriter-director: Alain Guiraudie 2013 FranceCast: Pierre Deladonchamps, Christophe Paou, Patrick d’AssumçaoWinner, Best Director, Un Certain Regard, Cannes Film FestivalWith the support of the French Embassy in IrelandThe film presents us with a tight examination ofmasculinity and homosexuality, where the nebulousurges in men sometimes manifest themselves assexual passion and other times as murderous rage.A masterpiece of carefully constructed narrative andconcentrated visual storytelling, electric with tension,desire and danger and featuring graphic unsimulatedgay sex, Stranger by the Lake is a fine example ofboth new French cinema and queer cinema.David MullaneWith special guest Alain GuiraudieBOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 41