On the Adamant (2023), Dec 5, 2025 7:00PM

Browning Cinema

Albertine Cinémathèque Film Festival
Directed by Nicolas Philibert
With Mamadi Barri, Walid Benziane, Sabine Berliere
Not Rated, 109 minutes, DCP
In French with English subtitles

Winner of the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, this affecting, enlightening documentary from nonfiction director Nicolas Philibert (To Be and to Have, In the Land of the Deaf) invites viewers to come aboard the Adamant and witness the transformational power of art and community. The Adamant is a one-of-a-kind place: a floating refuge on the Seine River in the heart of Paris that offers day programs for adults with mental illnesses. Its attendees come from across the city and are offered care that grounds them in time and space, helping them achieve recovery and stability. Through a blend of therapy, education, and culture rooted in music and the arts, the Adamant offers a hopeful vision of what a humanistic approach to mental health care could look like. The community on the boat is intentionally created so that both the staff and the people receiving care are treated with the same respect and dignity. Their meetings and conversations reveal the camaraderie and collective humanity of a group of people whose similarities far outweigh their differences.

This film festival is presented in part by the Albertine Cinémathèque 2025-2026 Film Festival season. Albertine Cinémathèque is part of the French For All initiative by Villa Albertine, The French Institute for Culture and Education, and Albertine Foundation, and is made possible with the support from the Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée (CNC).

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This is a free but ticketed event. To guarantee your seat, please pick up your tickets at least 15 minutes prior to the show, at which point your unclaimed tickets may be used to seat patrons waiting on standby. Tickets will be available for pick-up at the Ticket Office beginning one hour prior to the performance.