The Closing Ceremony of the Lumière festival 2014!

 


Posté le  20.10.2014 à 16H20


 

"I always dreamed something like this would happen, and it has happened in Lyon."
-Pedro Almodóvar.


RENER Lea Cloture 24 © Institut Lumière / Photo Lea Rener

 

 

To the beat of Resistiré, the up-tempo anthem of the 6th edition of Lumière, Pedro Almodóvar sauntered down the aisles, signing autographs, greeting admirers in his path with the roaring applause of a crowd on its feet. As the Spanish filmmaker took his seat in the hall, the 450 volunteers along with the Institut Lumière and Lumière festival teams joined Thierry Frémaux on stage. After the festival director expressed his thanks to all of them for their exemplary work, he announced an innovation this year: the election for Best Film screened at the festival, voted by students from the region. The "Lumière High School Prize" ended in a tie, bestowing the Best Film award to both It's a Wonderful Life by Frank Capra and High Heels by Pedro Almodóvar.

It was then Bertrand Tavernier and Gérard Collomb's turn to join the group on stage. The Mayor of Lyon and President of Greater Lyon officially proclaimed the city's commitment to a 7th edition of Lumière next year. Bertrand Tavernier went even further in his comments, praising the growing audiences and their expanding interest at the screenings, hardly containing his enthusiasm: "It's like a shot of vitamins for at least a year!" Thierry Frémaux then added that the festival is also a place of activity and exchange for the film industry with the Classic Film Market, where buyers and sellers from around the world have made deals that will give heritage films a new life. The festival director also saluted intelligent cinephiles who allow films to continue to exist and gave credit to filmmakers like Pedro Almodóvar, a director who keeps great classics alive in his own works.

It was time for the filmmaker to make his way to the stage, accompanied by Marisa Paredes, under appreciative and eager applause! Arriving in the middle, Almodóvar greeted the volunteers before addressing, with deep feeling, all present: "My heart is overflowing with emotion. I dreamed that something like this would happen to me, and it has happened to me in Lyon." With a Spanish flag unfurled in the audience, Almodóvar asserted his belief that the Lumière festival will last a century, and that, in celebrating him as a filmmaker, the festival has honored and recognized all of Spain and its culture. Finally, the elegant Marisa Paredes took to the microphone and pronounced an iconic phrase from the film All About My Mother (screened a few moments later), "I have always had faith in the kindness of strangers!"

All week long in Lyon, keen audiences of strangers did indeed show Pedro Almodóvar how he has created an amazing body of work, how much that work matters, and how his films will, and must, continue!

 

Photo gallery of the closing ceremony:

  • La Halle Tony Garnier

    La Halle Tony Garnier

    Photo Copyright Loïc Benoit

  • La Halle Tony Garnier

    La Halle Tony Garnier

    Photo Copyright Olivier Chassignole

  • La Halle Tony Garnier

    La Halle Tony Garnier

    Photo Copyright Sandrine Thesillat - Jean-Luc Mège

  • Édgar Ramírez et Thierry Frémaux

    Édgar Ramírez et Thierry Frémaux

    Photo Copyright Léa Rener

  • Édgar Ramírez

    Édgar Ramírez

    Photo Copyright Anouck Nicolas - Jean-Luc Mège

  • Christian Carion

    Christian Carion

    Photo Copyright Léa Rener

  • Costa-Gavras

    Costa-Gavras

    Photo Copyright Sandrine Thesillat - Jean-Luc Mège

  • Gérard Collomb

    Gérard Collomb

    Photo Copyright Léa Rener

  • Marisa Paredes

    Marisa Paredes

    Photo Copyright Olivier Chassignole

  • Marisa Paredes

    Marisa Paredes

    Photo Copyright Jean-Luc Mège

  • Marisa Paredes

    Marisa Paredes

    Photo Copyright Léa Rener

  • Marisa Paredes

    Marisa Paredes

    Photo Copyright Anouck Nicolas - Jean-Luc Mège

  • Thierry Frémaux et Pedro Almodóvar

    Thierry Frémaux et Pedro Almodóvar

    Photo Copyright Loïc Benoit

  • Pedro Almodóvar

    Pedro Almodóvar

    Photo Copyright Sandrine Thesillat - Jean-Luc Mège

  • Pedro Almodóvar

    Pedro Almodóvar

    Photo Copyright Jean-Luc Mège

  • Pedro Almodóvar

    Pedro Almodóvar

    Photo Copyright Jean-Luc Mège

  • Pedro Almodóvar

    Pedro Almodóvar

    Photo Copyright Olivier Chassignole

  • Pedro Almodóvar et Marisa Paredes

    Pedro Almodóvar et Marisa Paredes

    Photo Copyright Loïc Benoit

  • Pedro Almodóvar et Marisa Paredes

    Pedro Almodóvar et Marisa Paredes

    Photo Copyright Olivier Chassignole

  • Pedro Almodóvar et Marisa Paredes

    Pedro Almodóvar et Marisa Paredes

    Photo Copyright Loïc Benoit

  • Bertrand Tavernier, Pedro Almodóvar et Marisa Paredes

    Bertrand Tavernier, Pedro Almodóvar et Marisa Paredes

    Photo Copyright Olivier Chassignole

  • Bertrand Tavernier et Pedro Almodóvar

    Bertrand Tavernier et Pedro Almodóvar

    Photo Copyright Loïc Benoit

  • Bertrand Tavernier et Pedro Almodóvar

    Bertrand Tavernier et Pedro Almodóvar

    Photo Copyright Loïc Benoit

  • Pedro Almodóvar

    Pedro Almodóvar

    Photo Copyright Loïc Benoit

  • Pedro Almodóvar

    Pedro Almodóvar

    Photo Copyright Loïc Benoit

  • Bertrand Tavernier et Pedro Almodóvar

    Bertrand Tavernier et Pedro Almodóvar

    Photo Copyright Loïc Benoit

  • Bertrand Tavernier, Pedro Almodóvar, Marisa Paredes et Gérard Collomb

    Bertrand Tavernier, Pedro Almodóvar, Marisa Paredes et Gérard Collomb

    Photo Copyright Bastien Sungauer

  • Bertrand Tavernier, Pedro Almodóvar et Marisa Paredes

    Bertrand Tavernier, Pedro Almodóvar et Marisa Paredes

    Photo Copyright Anouck Nicolas - Jean-Luc Mège

  • Pedro Almodóvar et Marisa Paredes

    Pedro Almodóvar et Marisa Paredes

    Photo Copyright Léa Rener

  • Bertrand Tavernier, Pedro Almodóvar, Marisa Paredes et Gérard Collomb

    Bertrand Tavernier, Pedro Almodóvar, Marisa Paredes et Gérard Collomb

    Photo Copyright Anouck Nicolas - Jean-Luc Mège

  • Pedro Almodóvar

    Pedro Almodóvar

    Photo Copyright Olivier Chassignole

  • Costa-Gavras

    Costa-Gavras

    Photo Copyright Olivier Chassignole

  • Costa-Gavras

    Costa-Gavras

    Photo Copyright Sandrine Thesillat - Jean-Luc Mège

  • Chema Prado, Christian Carion

    Chema Prado, Christian Carion

    Photo Copyright Jean-Luc Mège

  • Édgar Ramírez

    Édgar Ramírez

    Photo Copyright Anouck Nicolas - Jean-Luc Mège

  • Édgar Ramírez

    Édgar Ramírez

    Photo Copyright Bastien Sungauer

  • Marisa Paredes

    Marisa Paredes

    Photo Copyright Léa Rener

  • Pedro Almodóvar

    Pedro Almodóvar

    Photo Copyright Olivier Chassignole

  • Pedro Almodóvar

    Pedro Almodóvar

    Photo Copyright Olivier Chassignole

  • Les bénévoles

    Les bénévoles

    Photo Copyright Sandrine Thesillat - Jean-Luc Mège

  • Les bénévoles

    Les bénévoles

    Photo Copyright Sandrine Thesillat - Jean-Luc Mège

  • L'équipe de l'Institut Lumière et les bénévoles

    L'équipe de l'Institut Lumière et les bénévoles

    Photo Copyright Anouck Nicolas - Jean-Luc Mège

  • L'équipe de l'Institut Lumière et les bénévoles

    L'équipe de l'Institut Lumière et les bénévoles

    Photo Copyright Loïc Benoit

  • Les bénévoles

    Les bénévoles

    Photo Copyright Anouck Nicolas - Jean-Luc Mège

  • Bénévole

    Bénévole

    Photo Copyright Bastien Sungauer

  • Les bénévoles

    Les bénévoles

    Photo Copyright Jean-Luc Mège

  • Remise du Prix Lycéen

    Remise du Prix Lycéen

    Photo Copyright Sandrine Thesillat - Jean-Luc Mège

  • Remise du Prix Lycéen

    Remise du Prix Lycéen

    Photo Copyright Sandrine Thesillat - Jean-Luc Mège

  • Thierry Frémaux, Bertrand Tavernier et Gérard Collomb

    Thierry Frémaux, Bertrand Tavernier et Gérard Collomb

    Photo Copyright Sandrine Thesillat - Jean-Luc Mège

  • Gérard Collomb

    Gérard Collomb

    Photo Copyright Sandrine Thesillat - Jean-Luc Mège

  • Thierry Frémaux, Pedro Almodóvar et Gérard Collomb

    Thierry Frémaux, Pedro Almodóvar et Gérard Collomb

    Photo Copyright Sandrine Thesillat - Jean-Luc Mège

  • Pedro Almodóvar et Marisa Paredes

    Pedro Almodóvar et Marisa Paredes

    Photo Copyright Léa Rener

  • Pedro Almodóvar et Marisa Paredes

    Pedro Almodóvar et Marisa Paredes

    Photo Copyright Léa Rener

  • Pedro Almodóvar

    Pedro Almodóvar

    Photo Copyright Sandrine Thesillat - Jean-Luc Mège

  • Pedro Almodóvar et Marisa Paredes

    Pedro Almodóvar et Marisa Paredes

    Photo Copyright Sandrine Thesillat - Jean-Luc Mège

  • Pedro Almodóvar et Marisa Paredes

    Pedro Almodóvar et Marisa Paredes

    Photo Copyright Sandrine Thesillat - Jean-Luc Mège

  • Marisa Paredes

    Marisa Paredes

    Photo Copyright Sandrine Thesillat - Jean-Luc Mège

  • Pedro Almodóvar et Marisa Paredes

    Pedro Almodóvar et Marisa Paredes

    Photo Copyright Anouck Nicolas - Jean-Luc Mège

  • Pedro Almodóvar et Marisa Paredes

    Pedro Almodóvar et Marisa Paredes

    Photo Copyright Anouck Nicolas - Jean-Luc Mège

  • Pedro Almodóvar, Marisa Paredes et Gérard Collomb

    Pedro Almodóvar, Marisa Paredes et Gérard Collomb

    Photo Copyright Anouck Nicolas - Jean-Luc Mège

  • Pedro Almodóvar et Marisa Paredes

    Pedro Almodóvar et Marisa Paredes

    Photo Copyright Anouck Nicolas - Jean-Luc Mège

  • Pedro Almodóvar et Marisa Paredes

    Pedro Almodóvar et Marisa Paredes

    Photo Copyright Bastien Sungauer

  • Thierry Frémaux, Marisa Paredes, Pedro Almodóvar et Bertrand Tavernier

    Thierry Frémaux, Marisa Paredes, Pedro Almodóvar et Bertrand Tavernier

    Photo Copyright Jean-Luc Mège

  • Pedro Almodóvar, Marisa Paredes et Gérard Collomb

    Pedro Almodóvar, Marisa Paredes et Gérard Collomb

    Photo Copyright Léa Rener

  • Pedro Almodóvar

    Pedro Almodóvar

    Photo Copyright Léa Rener

  • Le public de la séance de clôture

    Le public de la séance de clôture

    Photo Copyright Sandrine Thesillat - Jean-Luc Mège

  • Le public de la séance de clôture

    Le public de la séance de clôture

    Photo Copyright Loïc Benoit

  • Pedro Almodóvar

    Pedro Almodóvar

    Photo Copyright Anouck Nicolas - Jean-Luc Mège