Tag Archives: Louis Malle

Le Souffle au Coeur (Murmur of the Heart)

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Helen Van Kruyssen

If you’re a teenage boy in a post-war bourgeois family, struggling with a cold father, a Catholic education and two mischievous older brothers, there are three pleasures in life: a mother’s love, Jazz music, and the slow, self-conscious introduction to … Continue reading →

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Les Femmes du 6e Étage (The Women on the 6th Floor)

Posted on August 22, 2015 by Helen Van Kruyssen

Watching Fabrice Luchini fall in love, bemused, is a comforting pleasure. He’s something of a bourgeois older-Prince: a romantic heart, papered-over by routine, cynicism and gentle cowardice. It’s early-sixties Paris and stock-broker Jean-Louis (Luchini) and his socialite wife Suzanne (Sandrine … Continue reading →

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Les Amants (The Lovers)

Posted on August 9, 2015 by Helen Van Kruyssen

Louis Malle turns the table on femininity and ennui by placing Jeanne (Jeanne Moreau), a bourgeois late-fifties housewife, at the centre of a masterful triad of Polo, the driving car and a soundtrack by Brahms. They narrate her journey from … Continue reading →

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