Alain Kruger
Self - Host
Le Cercle (2005)
Season 20
As long as there is cinema, LE CERCLE will be there. It is the only television program of critical debates 100% devoted to cinema. Each week, it offers fiery, joyful and non-condescending jousts on the films on the bill; and invites with "Le questionnaire du CERCLE" directors to come and share their passion for cinema.
Released March 4, 2005
Episode 45 min
None+
Keywords: tmdb.debate, tmdb.film-critic, imdb.non-fiction
Production Companies: Canal+
Network: Canal+
S20E1 - Julie Delpy
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice by Tim Burton, The 2024 Venice Film Festival, In His Image by Thierry de Peretti, Dahomey by Mati Diop, Dog on Trial by Laetitia Dosch et our guest of the week Julie Delpy.
Sept. 13, 2024, midnight
S20E2 - Mohammad Rasoulof
An Ordinary Case by Daniel Auteuil, Meet the Barbarians by Julie Delpy, Hit Man by Richard Linklater – Now on Canal+, This Life of Mine by Sophie Fillières and our guest of the week Mohammad Rasoulof.
Sept. 20, 2024, midnight
S20E3 - Chantal Akerman Retrospective
Megalopolis by Francis Ford Coppola, Emmanuelle by Audrey Diwan, To Live, To Die, To Live Again by Gaël Morel, Never Let Go by Alexandre Aja, Rue du Conservatoire by Valérie Donzelli, Chantal Akerman Retrospective.
Sept. 27, 2024, midnight
S20E4 - Alejandro Jodorowsky
When Fall Is Coming by François Ozon, All We Imagine As Light by Payal Kapadia, Maya, Give Me a Title by Michel Gondry, the re-release of Giorgino by Laurent Boutonnat and our guest of the week Alejandro Jodorowsky.
Oct. 4, 2024, midnight
S20E5 - Alain Guiraudie
Joker: Folie à deux by Todd Phillips, Terrifier 3 by Damien Leone, Lee by Ellen Kuras, Niki by Céline Sallette, The Apprentice d'Ali Abbasi and our guest of the week Alain Guiraudie.
Oct. 11, 2024, midnight
S20E6 - Gilles Lellouche
Souleymane's Story by Boris Lojkine, Misericordia by Alain Guiraudie, The Wild Robot by Chris Sanders, Savages by Claude Barras, My Best Fiend
by Werner Herzog and our guest of the week Gilles Lellouche.
Oct. 18, 2024, midnight
S20E7 - Emmanuel Mouret
Smile 2 by Parker Finn, The Killer (2024) by John Woo, Monsieur Aznavour by Mehdi Idir and Grand Corps Malade, Between the Temples by Nathan Silver and our guest of the week Emmanuel Mouret.
Oct. 25, 2024, midnight
S20E8 - Coralie Fargeat
Anora by Sean Baker, Juror #2 by Clint Eastwood, Flow by Gints Zilbalodis, the 20th anniversary of Shaun of the Dead and our guest of the week is Coralie Fargeat.
Nov. 1, 2024, midnight
S20E9 - 40 years of Canal+
The Substance by Coralie Fargeat, Three friends by Emmanuel Mouret, Here by Robert Zemeckis, 40 years of Canal+: round table of recommendations.
Nov. 8, 2024, midnight
S20E10 - Claude Lelouch
Gladiator II by Ridley Scott, The Kingdom by Julien Colonna, Sailing Home by Xavier Beauvois, A Missing Part by Guillaume Senez of our guest of the week Claude Lelouch.
Nov. 15, 2024, midnight
S20E11 - Alexis Langlois
The Most Precious of Cargoes by Michel Hazanavicius, Wild Diamond by Agathe Riedinger, The Choice by Gilles Bourdos, Piece by Piece by Morgan Neville, Memories of a Burning Body by Antonella Sudassasi Furnis and our guest of the week Alexis Langlois.
Nov. 22, 2024, midnight
S20E12 - Ludovic and Zoran Boukherma
Heretic by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, The Marching Band by Emmanuel Courcol, Animale by Emma Benestan, Grand Tour by Miguel Gomes, Queens of Drama by Alexis Langlois and our guests of the week Ludovic and Zoran Boukherma.
Nov. 29, 2024, midnight
S20E13 - This week's releases
And Their Children After Them by Ludovic and Zoran Boukherma, Daddio by Christy Hall, Wicked by Jon M. Chu, Limonov by Kirill Serebrennikov and Conclave by Edward Berger.
Dec. 6, 2024, midnight
S20E14 - Noémie Merlant
Holy Cow by Louise Courvoisier, Christmas Eve in Miller's Point by Tyler Taormina, Stages of Love by Victor Rodenbach, Saint-Exupéry by Pablo Agüero and our guest of the week Noémie Merlant.
Dec. 13, 2024, midnight
S20E15 - The Best Movies of 2024
A selection of the most anticipated films for the Holidays and the Cercle's favorite movies of 2024.
Dec. 20, 2024, midnight
S20E16 - Arnaud Desplechin
The Room Next Door by Pedro Almodovar, Love In Time by John Crowley, How to Make a Killing by Franck Dubosc, Bird by Andrea Arnold, Stormskerry Maja by Tiina Lymi and our guest of the week Arnaud Desplechin.
Jan. 10, 2025, midnight
S20E17 - This week's releases
Filmlovers! by Arnaud Desplechin, I'm Still Here by Walter Salles, Babygirl by Halina Reijn, Elyas by Florent-Emilio Siri, Memoir of a Snail by Adam Elliot and Maldoror by Fabrice du Welz.
Jan. 17, 2025, midnight
S20E18 - This week's releases
The Quiet Son by Delphine and Muriel Coulin, Better Man by Michael Gracey, All For One by Houda Benyamina, A Traveler's Needs by Hong Sang-soo, Flight Risk by Mel Gibson and our tributes to David Lynch and Bertrand Blier.
Jan. 24, 2025, midnight
S20E19 - David Cronenberg
A Perfect Unknown by James Mangold, Julie Keeps Quiet by Leonardo Van Dijl, The Thieving Magpie by Robert Guédiguian, A Boat in the Garden by Jean-François Laguionie and our guest of the week David Cronenberg.
Jan. 31, 2025, midnight
S20E20 - Francesca Comencini
Maria by Pablo Larraín, Presence by Steven Soderbergh, Paddington in Peru by Dougal Wilson, My Favourite Cake by Maryam Moghadam and Behtash Sanaeeha, Block Pass by Antoine Chevrollier and our guest of the week Francesca Comencini.
Feb. 7, 2025, midnight
S20E21 - Costa-Gavras
The Brutalist by Brady Corbet, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy by Michael Morris, The Mohican by Frédéric Farrucci, The Time It Takes by Francesca Comencini, The Damned by Roberto Minervini and our guest of the week Costa-Gavras.
Feb. 14, 2025, midnight
S20E22 - Ariane Labed
Mercato by Tristan Séguéla, The Ties That Bind Us by Carine Tardieu, When the Light Breaks by Rúnar Rúnarsson, our predictions for the 2025 César and our guest of the week Ariane Labed.
Feb. 21, 2025, midnight
S20E23 - Le Cercle Best of: 2025 César Nominations
None
Feb. 22, 2025, midnight
S20E24 - This week’s releases
Queer by Luca Guadagnino, A Real Pain by Jesse Eisenberg, À bicyclette! by Mathias Mlekuz, Spirit World by Eric Khoo, Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force by Wuershan, The Monkey by Osgood Perkins.
March 7, 2025, midnight
S20E25 - This week’s releases
Mickey 17 by Bong Joon-ho, Black Bag by Steven Soderbergh, Off to India by Ali Bougheraba and Redouane Bougheraba, Black Dog by Guan Hu, The Last Showgirl by Gia Coppola and Parthenope by Paolo Sorrentino.
March 14, 2025, midnight
S20E26 - Lenny and Harpo Guit
Once Upon My Mother by Ken Scott, The Safe House by Lionel Baier, Lumière! The Adventure Continues by Thierry Frémaux, Vermiglio by Maura Delpero, Prosper by Yohann Gloaguen and our guests of the week, brothers Lenny and Harpo Guit.
March 21, 2025, midnight
S20E27 - Mike Leigh
The Alto Knights by Barry Levinson, We Will Go by Enya Baroux, I Swear by Samuel Theis, The Boy by Zabou Breitman and Florent Vassault, Afternoons of Solitude by Albert Serra and our guest of the week Mike Leigh.
March 28, 2025, midnight
S20E28 - Baya Kasmi
Hard Truths by Mike Leigh, The Rookie Guide by Philippe Mechelen, Youth (Hard Times) by Wang Bing, La cocina by Alonso Ruizpalacios, Trap by M. Night Shyamalan and our guest of the week Baya Kasmi.
April 4, 2025, midnight
S20E29 - Emmanuel Finkiel
We're talking about the Cannes 2025 lineup, The Girl with the Needle by Magnus von Horn, The Village Next to Paradise by Mo Harawe, Her Story by Yihui Shao, The Amateur by James Hawes, and our guest of the week Emmanuel Finkiel.
April 11, 2025, midnight
S20E30 - Mourad Winter
Sinners by Ryan Coogler, Le mélange des genres by Michel Leclerc, It Takes Two to Tango by Jean-Pierre Améris, Zion by Nelson Foix, Sicilian Letters by Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza and our guest of the week Mourad Winter.
April 18, 2025, midnight
S20E31 - Melvil Poupaud
Mariana's Room by Emmanuel Finkiel, Mexico 86 by Cesar Diaz, Love Is Overrated by Mourad Winter, Bring Them Down by Chris Andrews, Simon of the Mountain by Federico Luis and our guest of the week Melvil Poupaud.
April 25, 2025, midnight
S20E32 - This week's releases
The Shrouds by David Cronenberg, On Swift Horses by Daniel Minahan, Small Things Like These by Tim Mielant, The New Year That Never Came by Bogdan Muresanu, Ghostlight by Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson, Little Jaffna de Lawrence Valin.
May 2, 2025, midnight
S20E33 - Cannes Special
Leave One Day by Amélie Bonnin, the films we are most looking forward at Cannes and our guests of the week, the Dardenne brothers: Jean-Pierre and Luc.
May 9, 2025, midnight
S20E34 - Best of Cannes
A "Best-Of" program featuring a selection of debates on the best films from the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.
May 13, 2025, midnight
S20E35 - 78th Cannes Film Festival
Special program dedicated to the 78th Cannes Film Festival.
May 30, 2025, midnight
S20E36 - Johann Dionnet
Ballerina by Len Wiseman, Freud's Last Session by Matt Brown, Chime / Cloud by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Guess Who’s Calling! by Fabienne Godet and our guest of the week Johann Dionnet.
June 6, 2025, midnight
S20E37 - Michel Gondry
Life of Chuck by Mike Flanagan, Different by Lola Doillon, Untamable by Thomas Ngijol, Sister Midnight, Sister Midnight by Karan Kandhari, How to Train Your Dragon by Dean DeBlois and our guest of the week Michel Gondry.
June 13, 2025, midnight
S20E38 - Le Cercle celebrates its 20th anniversary: French films, summer releases, and columnist memories
For its 20th anniversary, Le Cercle discusses four French films ("Enzo" "Black to the Future" "Reflection in a Dead Diamond" and "The Piano Accident"), as well as the must-see summer releases. Columnists share their favorite memories of the show and celebrate two decades of passionate debates about cinema.
June 20, 2025, midnight
Network: Canal+
Episode Runtime: 45 min.
Season Runtime: 3765 min.
Released: March 4, 2005
Last Air Date: Dec. 19, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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