Tag Archives: Catherine Deneuve

games of hazard (Film: 3 coeurs – Benoît Jacquot, 2014)

Director Benoît Jacquot‘s “3 coeurs” (“3 Hearts”) gathers on screen a stellar cast. The three lead feminine roles are trusted to Catherine Deneuve, Charlotte Gainsbourg, the daughter of …,  and  Chiara Mastroianni, also the daughter of … and also the daughter of … Continue reading

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the merry Reformation (Film: Le tout nouveau testament – Jaco Van Dormael, 2015)

You can hardly get a better set of premises for a film than the ones of Le tout nouveau testament or The Brand New Testament by Belge director Jaco Van Dormael. Bored being, one day, God created Bruxelles (quite a … Continue reading

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the dawn of the French empire (Film: Indochine – Catherine Deneuve, 1992)

‘Indochine’ was released to the big screens in France by the time of my first visit in Paris in 1992, the city was then full of posters about it, I remember them even on the Champs Elysees. Going to the … Continue reading

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breaking the frames (Film: L’homme qui voulait vivre sa vie – Eric Lartigau, 2010)

At the beginning of the story in this film the hero seems to be at the peak of his life. He has it all: a comfortable life, a wife and two kids, he lives in a villa in the province … Continue reading

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Theater in Time of War (Film: Le Dernier Metro – Truffaut, 1980)

‘Le Dernier Metro’ is one of the last films Truffaut made, and I believe was the last that premiered during his life time. His period of innovating and revolutionizing the French cinema, breaking conventions and pushing ahead a new way … Continue reading

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