Blue Moon

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By Richard Linklater. Starring Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley, Andrew Scott. Screening on September 30 with the director. New York, 1943. Lorenz Hart (Ethan Hawke), a famous American lyricist, hides in a bar to escape the premiere of the musical Oklahoma!, composed without his help by his former partner Charles Rodgers. To alleviate his despair, he has a date with a young student he hopes to seduce… “Faced with a character as funny as he is tragic, it’s a cocktail of emotions that sweeps over us. We want to flee from him forever, and listen to him talk until the end of the night. To hold him in our arms, and push him away. To forget him forever, and celebrate him for eternity. His eloquence is so dizzying, his presence so pitiful and magnificent that we can only be fascinated, as he makes us captives of his verbal logorrhea” (Adrien Corbeel, www.cinevillepass.be, 2026). USA, Ireland · 2025 · 100' · original version with French subtitles - format: DC@CAP 1 – Capitole, Freddy Buache Hall (CAP 1) - indicative price: 10.-

Highlights

• Screening on September 30 with director Richard Linklater
• Starring Ethan Hawke and Margaret Qualley
• Set in New York, 1943, exploring the life of lyricist Lorenz Hart

General Information

Join us for a special screening of 'Blue Moon' at the Cinémathèque suisse in Lausanne. This film, directed by Richard Linklater, delves into the life of Lorenz Hart, a renowned lyricist, as he navigates personal turmoil during the premiere of a musical he was excluded from.

Location

Avenue du Théâtre 6, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland

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