Played on 35 mm!

Pedro Costa’s ninth film is a bit of a change of pace for the director, who traditionally concentrates on the marginalized and underserved communities of Lisbon. Retaining the distinctive low-light visual style of his previous films, he turns his camera on French chanteuse-actress Jeanne Balibar, in a dreamlike meditation on the process of creating music.

“The cinematography is stunning and beyond atmospheric. The music is highly intelligent. Balibar as Balibar is undeniably charismatic…She’s nothing less than the muse of cinema.” —Seattle Weekly

“Nothing much happens in Ne Change Rien, but we never lose interest in the images on the screen. We powerfully feel these black-and-white moments of Jeanne Balibar smoking and singing.” —The Stranger