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An American Pastoral
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An American Pastoral

An American Pastoral

Une pastorale américaine
Auberi Edler
France
2024
118 min
World Premiere
International Competition
Tickets & Times
Synopsis

It’s 2023, and in a small conservative town in Pennsylvania an intense cultural and ideological battle is raging around the public school curriculum. With elections approaching for the majority of seats on the school board, fundamentalist board candidates are on the campaign trail, roaming Elizabethtown’s leafy neighborhoods.

The rise of white supremacy, conspiracism and Christian nationalism are unstoppable in the ranks of the local Republican Party. Democrats justifiably fear this will bring a ban on literature with ‘sexual content’ and the stigmatization of LGBTQ+ children. The camera is present over the course of many months, observing at intensely uneasy board meetings, on the streets and in the churches, where there is no overlap between worldviews. A paper-thin layer of civility shrouds the all-pervasive sense of distrust, anger and fear.

It is almost always adults we see championing a future course for the younger generation—the young people we see in school hallways and the classic yellow school buses. This tense and dystopian portrait lays bare the fragility of the democratic process in a deeply divided society.

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Tickets & Times
Sat, november 16
Press & Industry Screening, Passholders only
16:30 – 18:30
Pathé City 5

Sun, november 17
15:45 – 18:00
Tuschinski 2

Mon, november 18
10:45 – 13:05
Tuschinski 6

Tue, november 19
20:45 – 23:05
Rialto VU: Zaal 4

Thu, november 21
16:30 – 18:33
Pathé City 5

Fri, november 22
19:30 – 21:32
Tuschinski 5

Sat, november 23
This screening has been made accessible for people with sensory processing sensitivity.
12:45 – 14:46
Het Documentaire Paviljoen: De Spiegel
Sensory friendly screening

Sat, november 23
18:00 – 20:02
Pathé Noord 8
Credits
118 min
color
DCP
Spoken languages: English
Director
    Auberi Edler
    Auberi Edler
Production
    Serge Lalou for Les Films d'Ici Méditerranée
    Serge Lalou for Les Films d'Ici Méditerranée
Co-production
    Les Films d'Ici
    Les Films d'Ici
Cinematography
    Auberi Edler
    Auberi Edler
Editing
    Barbara Bascou
    Barbara Bascou
Sound
    Lumia Perniciaro
    Lumia Perniciaro
Sound Design
    Nathalie Vidal
    Nathalie Vidal
Music
    Siegfried Canto
    Siegfried Canto
Involved TV Channel
    ARTE
    ARTE
World Sales
    Mediawan Rights
    Mediawan Rights
Screening copy
    Mediawan Rights
    Mediawan Rights

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