35 Shots of Rum

Join the Brighton Community Cinematheque on International Women’s Day, as we celebrate the legendary French filmmaker Claire Denis by screening the rarely seen 35 Shots of Rum!

35 Shots of Rum is a film written, directed and shot by women. With Claire Denis
as writer & director, and her long-term collaborator Agnes Godard serving as cinematographer.

Lionel (Alex Descas), a widower, has raised his daughter, Josephine (Mati Diop), on his own since she was young. The two are used to living alone, dependent solely on one another. But, now that Josephine is in college, Lionel is beginning to realize they cannot stay isolated forever. Lionel reluctantly accepts the fact that his daughter has grown up and will one day leave him, when their neighbor Noe (Grégoire Colin) makes his long-harbored feelings for Josephine known.