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Category Archives: French Cinema French Film
Je ne suis pas un Salaud (I’m not a Bastard)
White working-class malaise holds Eddie’s ambition (Nicolas Duvauchelle) in a vice in this tense contemporary thriller set on a Paris council estate. Gripped by swelling low self-esteem, Eddie has tried various jobs, hates them all and finds it difficult to … Continue reading
Elle L’Adore (She Worships Him)
An obsessive fertile imagination is vital to securing freedom for divorced Parisian beautician, Muriel (Sandrine Kiberlain) in this Claude Chabrol-style thriller. When rock star Vincent Lacroix (Laurent Lafitte) accidentally kills his girlfriend during a lover’s tiff, he approaches Muriel, his … Continue reading
A conversation with Marie Rivière … Eric Rohmer’s intelligent adoration of women
Eric Rohmer’s Le Rayon Vert (‘The Green Ray’) and La Femme De L’Aviateur (‘The Aviator’s Wife’) are part of my summer blood. I watch them every August and in my mind they are like old friends, associated with clear night … Continue reading
Posted in Auteur, British Film Institute, Comedies and Proverbs, Comedy, Eric Rohmer, French Cinema, French Cinema French Film, French Film, Interview, romance, The Green Ray, The New Wave, Vacation Movies
Tagged Anne-Laure Meury, British Film Institute, Eric Rohmer, Fabrice Luchini, Fanny Mazoyer, Feminism, Film Review, French 1980s films, French Cinema, French Film, Geoff Andrew, Interview with Marie Rivière, Loneliness, Marie Rivière, Philippe Marlaud, The Aviators Wife, The Green Ray
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Dans La Maison (In the House)
Claude (Ernst Umhauer) is a lonely sixteen year-old boy with an intelligent, ghostly skin and a gift for storytelling. His talent catches the attention of Germain (Fabrice Luchini), his French literature teacher, when he submits a piece of creative writing, … Continue reading
Posted in Auteur, François Ozon, French Cinema French Film
Tagged Ernst Umhauer, François Ozon
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