Film

9 & 11 June 2025

IFI@BrieryGap | International Series | The Marching Band

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When

9 & 11 June 2025

Time

8pm start time | doors open 7.30pm

Cert 12A

IFI Internal Series | Film Synopsis | Thibaut (Benjamin Lavernhe), an internationally renowned orchestra conductor, is diagnosed with leukaemia, and is in desperate need of a bone marrow transplant. His search for a donor leads him to discover that that he was adopted, a revelation that introduces him to his biological brother Jimmy (Pierre Lottin), a divorced dad with a daughter who works in a factory cafeteria and plays the trombone in a small marching band.

Although worlds apart – Thibaut was raised in a posh Parisian suburb while Jimmy lives in a small working-class town – they are drawn together by a profound connection to music, and soon the sophisticated maestro finds himself rehearsing with his brother’s scrappy brass band.The Marching Band is a warm, funny, and socially conscious crowd-pleaser from the director ofThe Big Hit,the opening film at IFI French Film Festival 2021. Notes by David O’Mahony.

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The Marching Band review – tender French concert bromance gets out the trombones. Two strong leads in Pierre Lottin and Benjamin Lavernhe make this heart-on-sleeve but unsentimental class drama a triumph in a minor key

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Peter Bradshaw | The Guardian

Credits

Director | Emmanuel Courcol

Writers | Emmanuel Courcol, Irène Muscari, Oriane Bonduel

Cast | Benjamin Lavernhe, Pierre Lottin, Sarah Suco

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