Next edition: Reflets du cinéma hispanique, from 13 to 21 March 2026 in Mayenne
Every year since 1997, Atmosphères 53 has organised Les Reflets du Cinéma, which attracts over 25,000 spectators over 10 days. This department-wide festival presents a varied programme of short and feature-length films, reflecting the current cinematography of a particular country or region, in the region's 10 cinemas and aimed at all audiences.
The festival offers over 50 films of all genres, accessible to all without compromising on quality. It also offers conferences, exhibitions, shows, practical workshops and professional round tables on cinema. Every year, around twenty guests, including directors, actors, technicians, journalists, academics and distributors, come to meet and debate with the public in Mayenne.
Atmosphères 53 is keen to offer audiences the chance to discover not only the cinematography but also the culture of the countries chosen, and is also developing partnerships with a number of cultural and social structures in the department and elsewhere, to highlight other art forms and build bridges between the arts.
This event is organised in partnership with the department's cinema exhibitors, the CNC, the DRAC, the Département, Mayenne Communauté, the Ville de Laval, Mayenne Communauté and the Communauté de communes du Pays de Château-Gontier and other local authorities, as well as numerous partners from the voluntary and educational sectors, businesses and the media.
On the programme:
- 5pm: Screening of "Dos Madres
20 years ago, Vera was separated from her son at birth. She has been searching for him ever since, but his file has mysteriously disappeared from the Spanish archives. 20 years ago, Cora adopted a son, Egoz. Now fate is bringing the three of them together. Together, they are going to make up for lost time and take their revenge on those who stole it from them.
Inspired by the scandal of the 300,000 babies taken from their mothers by Franco's regime, Dos Madres is an inventive puzzle novel in the form of a tribute to the political films of the 1970s and a great story of friendship.
Dos Madres is initially surprising in the rigour and originality of its highly graphic mise-en-scène, but all the better to plunge us into the heart of its heroine's quest to find her son, who was taken from her, and who is determined to take her revenge on the Spanish government. A must-see! - Atmosphères 53.
The festival offers over 50 films of all genres, accessible to all without compromising on quality. It also offers conferences, exhibitions, shows, practical workshops and professional round tables on cinema. Every year, around twenty guests, including directors, actors, technicians, journalists, academics and distributors, come to meet and debate with the public in Mayenne.
Atmosphères 53 is keen to offer audiences the chance to discover not only the cinematography but also the culture of the countries chosen, and is also developing partnerships with a number of cultural and social structures in the department and elsewhere, to highlight other art forms and build bridges between the arts.
This event is organised in partnership with the department's cinema exhibitors, the CNC, the DRAC, the Département, Mayenne Communauté, the Ville de Laval, Mayenne Communauté and the Communauté de communes du Pays de Château-Gontier and other local authorities, as well as numerous partners from the voluntary and educational sectors, businesses and the media.
On the programme:
- 5pm: Screening of "Dos Madres
20 years ago, Vera was separated from her son at birth. She has been searching for him ever since, but his file has mysteriously disappeared from the Spanish archives. 20 years ago, Cora adopted a son, Egoz. Now fate is bringing the three of them together. Together, they are going to make up for lost time and take their revenge on those who stole it from them.
Inspired by the scandal of the 300,000 babies taken from their mothers by Franco's regime, Dos Madres is an inventive puzzle novel in the form of a tribute to the political films of the 1970s and a great story of friendship.
Dos Madres is initially surprising in the rigour and originality of its highly graphic mise-en-scène, but all the better to plunge us into the heart of its heroine's quest to find her son, who was taken from her, and who is determined to take her revenge on the Spanish government. A must-see! - Atmosphères 53.
