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A father and his daughter try to come to grips with their haunted past in this latest Atom Egoyan film that opens tonight 48th FNC in Montreal.

David Thewlis is fascinating to watch as  Jim a man who inspects restaurants for the city in his later life. He is obsessively fastidious, checking every corner, every crumb, every pot and pan. Veronica, played by Laysla De Oliveira, is planing Jim's funeral with Father Greg played by Luke Wilson when the movie begins.

Like most Egoyan films time moves back and forth from present to past as the psychology of the main characters is drawn out. Don't expect definite answers to some anecdotes about the past that are suggestive of very bad behavior by Victoria. There are intriguing questions that are never addressed like why did Jim become a restaurant inspector when in the past he owned his own restaurant.   

 -LENA GHIO  

 

EGYPTIAN MUMMIES @ MMFA > February 2, 2020

Objects you would find in an affluent household: statuettes of Gods and Goddesses, amulets and small scale pyramids with hieroglyphs. Photos ©  -LENA GHIO , 2019 

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Egyptian Mummies / Exploring Ancient Lives takes us where no other exhibition about Egyptian life has taken us before. On the one hand, we visit with mummies of ordinary people, albeit people in important social roles, that are not royals. On the other, we explore their thoughts and beliefs with  artifacts of their daily lives and we witness an extraordinary exploration of their bodies using the latest CT scan technology. 

We get to meet six mummies: 

Nestaoudjat, a married woman from Thebes whose name means «she who belongs to the eye of Horus». 

Tamout, a singer of Amun whose mummy is covered with amulets placed onto her body by high priests that you will see thanks to CT scan and 3D printers.

Irthorrou, a high priest of Akhmim temple and master of secrets.

An anonymous priestess who was probably a singer in the Amun temple.

A child from Hawara who died around age 2.

A young man from Thebes who died between 17 and 20 years of age.

The curators from left to right: Laura Vigo,  curator of archeology and asian art; Daniel Antoine, curator of bioarchaeology department of Egypt and Sudan, British Museum; Marie Vandenbeusch, curator and Nathalie Bondil Director and curator in chief of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Photo ©   -LENA GHIO , 2019 

Mummy of a singer/priestess from
Thebes.
Photo ©   -LENA GHIO , 2019

On this link you can see Marie Vandenbeusch introducing the same exhibition in Britain. This is a clear insight into the heart of this fascinating and exquisite exhibition.

I have always been fascinated by the extraordinary craftsmanship found in the artifacts of ancient Egypt. I loved that there are magical amulets in the exhibition that belonged to ordinary citizens of that historic time. I could only repeat "MAGNIFICENT" over and over.

Ex Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre
with Nathalie Bondil
at the opening.
Photo ©   -LENA GHIO , 2019

There are many activities associated with this historic breakthrough exhibition in Egyptology: guided tours, art activities and so on. You can access the full schedule of events HERE.

There are many advantages to becoming a VIP Member of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Among them the opportunity to participate in many openings. 

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THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING & LIFE: DONALD TRUMP facing Impeachment

Emerge Art does Google News, Photo ©  Lena Ghio, 2019   

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The image on the left was photographed October 30, 2016.

The image on the left was taken May 6, 2019. Both times 

I was not inquiring about Donald Trump when water behaved

the way it did. Photo ©  Lena Ghio, 2019  

As I write this the impeachment investigation has been announced a little over a week ago. Not surprisingly, the impeachment investigation is pushed forward by a whistleblower and accompanied by massive efforts to hide the truth, to disinform the people and to evade the law.

This is explained in the brief article I wrote about his Solar Return. But now midway through this Solar Return Saturn will oppose his native Saturn. In other words it is the time of KARMA!

He could possibly go through it with strength and purpose but from what we know of him he will go through it with cruelty and spite. Saturn in Capricorn is joined by Pluto in Capricorn to oppose his Saturn in Cancer. The stakes could not be higher.

He will face serious reorganization of all his affairs. He will suffer losses and we will continue to see leaks from his unfortunate White House. 

I know it is easy to see him as the poor victim, he sees himself that way, but he has been insulting, demeaning and cheating people all his life. You get back what you put in. Whatever happens is something he has worked very hard to get while feeling himself above everyone and above the law.

My understanding of how the planets work shows me that on January 21 2020 he will collapse.

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In 2016 water shows a symbol that reminds me of the Constitution of the United States. In the 2019 image, the bird pokes out Trump's eye and poops in Bill Barr's eye. Bill Barr's betrayal of his duty to his country will come back to haunt him. What none of these stooges get is that Trump does not care about any of them no matter how much they suck up to him. HE DOES NOT CARE ABOUT YOU! People who suck up to him are a dime a dozen in his world!

Everything will be in turmoil because he will leave office after sabotaging everything he can out of spite. 

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M / 2 BOUTIQUES @ Rockland Center

De gauche à droite : Richard Turcotte, Jean-François Breau, José Gaudet, Madame Mercier, Marc Mercier; fondateur et président de l'entreprise familiale; Jérémy Mercier; copropriétaire et acheteur; Émilie Mercier; vice-présidente et copropriétaire; collaborateur et Michel Charette. Photo © -LENA GHIO 2019

Ce 24 septembre dernier je me suis rendue à l'ouverture officielle de la quatrième boutique de l'entreprise familiale M/2 Boutiques au Centre Rockland. Les plus grands noms de la mode masculine s'y retrouvent dont: Hugo Boss, Tiger of Sweden, ZZegna, Paul & Shark, ETON et bien d'autres. Clients, amis, et famille sont venus lever un verre et assister à la cérémonie de la coupure du ruban lors d'une soirée extraordinaire.

Voici ce qu'en dit Émilie Mercier, vice-présidente et copropriétaire:

« Dans le monde des grandes marques proposées par M/2, tout a été pensé afin d'optimiser l"expérience client. Nous entrons dans l'espace prestigieux de l'univers BOSS, BOOS Black, HUGO avec le bois, le noir, le gris, les luminaires suspendus, les mannequins supportés par des visuels qui nous font tous voyager en quelques instants. L'équipe d'experts Chagall Design a su donner une âme à ce grand local long et étroit tous en respectant les valeurs humaines de M/2, de toute l'équipe et de l'entreprise familiale. Ils ont su concevoir un environnement chic et décontracté. »

D'ajouter Marc Mercier, fondateur et président:

« Nous avons bien réfléchi et sciemment choisi le haut de la mode, Rockland, car il se démarque par son environnement contemporain, élégant et accueillant. Sa vision de l'écoresponsabilité nous a plu, elle fait en sorte que le vert n'y est pas qu'une tendance mode. » 

De gauche à droite: Charles Lafortune, Michel Charette, Alain Choquette, Jean-François Breau en discussion avec Marc Mercier. Photos ©-LENA GHIO 2019 

Vous trouverez un magnifique choix d'accessoires explosifs en couleur et motif. Photos ©-LENA GHIO, 2019 

Traditionnellement une boutique pour hommes M/2 Boutiques à Rockland Centre offre des choix très élégants pour femmes. Photos ©-LENA GHIO, 2019 

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CELLE QUE VOUS CROYEZ

Bande Annonce 

Un film de Safy Nebbou basé sur le roman éponyme de Camille Laurens,  Celle que vous croyez explore l'effet du vieillissement sur la vie affective de Claire, interprétée par Juliette Binoche. Elle aime les beaux jeunes hommes. Elle observe cependant que ceux-ci ne lui donnent pas l'attention qu'elle désire. Donc elle crée un profil Facebook dans lequel elle est une jolie jeune femme de 24 ans. Elle se sert de celui-ci pour connecter avec Alex, François Civil, dans un univers virtuel où elle peut explorer sa nouvelle identité et ses fantasmes.

Ouvre dans les cinémas Montréalais ce 27 septembre 2019.
Horaires 

-LENA GHIO

OFFICIAL SECRETS

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A riveting drama based on true events preceding the war on Iraq. Today it is common knowledge that there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and that the Bush family wanted to exact revenge on Saddam Hussein for the first Iraq war in the early 90s. Destroying countries in the Middle East and killing hundreds of thousands was not an issue for them. What is common knowledge is also the fact that Iraq had nothing to do with the 9 11 tragedy perpetrated by Al-Qaeda. 

Katherine Gun ( Keira Knightley) is a British intelligence specialist who comes upon a memo describing an intent by the American government to blackmail UN representatives into voting for the war. Being antiwar herself she is compelled to make the memo public. 

The script is solid and the momentum of the film tense as high powered government officials in British and US government want this kept under wrap.

There is a great cast with Matt Smith as Martin Bright the reporter who publishes the memo; Ralph Fiennes as Ben Emmerson the lawyer who defended Gun; Matthew Goode as Peter Beaumont, Indira Varma as Shami Chakrabarti and Conleth Hill as Roger Aton.

The story is enraging especially now that the truth is known about the Iraq war and the dubious character of the current US administration.

-LENA GHIO

Un Grand Voyage la Nuit

BANDE ANNONCE

Un long métrage de Bi Gan qui a fait sensation en Chine et qui a été bien reçu dans plusieurs festivals importants tel Locarno et Cannes arrive au Québec ce 6 septembre. Il y a une tendance marquée ces dernières années de réaliser des films oniriques et flous où les structures du récit ne tiennent pas compte de séquences chronologiques mais plutôt se défini par des contenus psychiques.

Si vous lisez mon blogue vous savez que j'étudie l'astrology depuis longtemps. Cette tendance relève de la position de Neptune, planète qui régit l'image photographique et le cinéma, en Poisson maître du rêve et de l'imagination. Le film exsude d'humidité et d'eau l'élément du Poisson.

Un homme revient dans sa ville natale après un long exil. Il recherche une femme qu'il a aimée. Il la retrouve dans ses rencontres avec des femmes qui ne sont pas elle mais ont son visage. Ceci est une autre fonction de l'inconscient d'une personne qui projette sur d'autres ce qu'il veut voir. Le cinéaste joue encore plus avec notre sens de la réalité en introduisant une section de 30 minutes en 3D. 

Ce qui est le plus fascinant pour moi c'est que nos vies quotidiennes tiennent aussi de ce flou inlassable. Qu'importe ce que l'on fait d'anodin, disons laver la vaisselle, notre pensée voyage dans nos souvenirs du passé, nos rêves et nos anticipations de l'avenir.

Au Cinéma du Parc dès le 6 septembre

-LENA GHIO