Tag Archives: Charlotte Gainsbourg

the impossible return (film: Les fantomes d’Ismaël – Arnaud Desplechin, 2017)

Posted on May 22, 2024 by admin

Arnaud Desplechin does not make light movies. His characters seem to have been born and live permanently among dilemmas and crises, and the director’s cinematic visions transport his viewers into the troubled worlds of his heroes. This is also the … Continue reading →

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nous sommes partout (film: Ils sont partout – Yvan Attal, 2016)

Posted on February 11, 2024 by admin

I suspect that the French director, co-writer and actor Yvan Attal managed to magically steal one of our family’s favorite jokes for his film ‘Ils sont partout‘ (2016). This is exactly how, in French, my wife and I have reacted … Continue reading →

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Truffaut after Truffaut (film: La petite voleuse – Claude Miller, 1988)

Posted on December 21, 2021 by admin

We can look at ‘La petite voleuse‘ (1988) in several ways. First of all, the film contains a few landmarks worth being studied in film schools: the last screenplay written by François Truffaut before his death in 1984, entrusted when … Continue reading →

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six facets of Bob Dylan (film: I’m Not There – Todd Haynes, 2007)

Posted on February 9, 2021 by admin

Somehow, I managed to miss the opportunity to see ‘I’m Not There‘, the film that Todd Haynes made about Bob Dylan, when it was released on screens in 2007. It’s been 14 years since this very unusual film was made. … Continue reading →

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ode to motherhood (Film: La promesse de l’aube – Eric Barbier, 2017)

Posted on March 7, 2019 by admin

I confess that I had great expectations and some emotions before seeing ‘La promesse de l’aube‘. Romain Gary was together with Boris Vian, the favorite French writer of my adolescence, and ‘La promesse de l’aube‘ was one of my beloved … Continue reading →

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dark and disturbing (Film: Antichrist – Lars von Trier, 2009)

Posted on December 13, 2018 by admin

Lars von Trier does not run away from extremes, he is actually looking for them all over his cinematographic career. Even his more ‘moderate’ films, like the TV series ‘The Kingdom‘ or his first great successes ‘Europa‘ and ‘Breaking the … Continue reading →

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

Posted on February 22, 2018 by admin

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 most beautiful end of the world (film: Melancholia – Lars von Trier, 2011)

Posted on November 30, 2016 by admin

When he is not making provocative statements at news conferences Lars von Trier makes movies. Some of them are shocking. Some of them are stunning. I did not like all his films (Dogville was too dry an experiment for me) and … Continue reading →

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