Tag Archives: Daniel Auteuil

vaudeville on screen (film: Amoureux de ma femme – Daniel Auteuil, 2018)

I couldn’t resist the temptation to watch a film that brings together such a formidable cast—Gérard Depardieu, Sandrine Kiberlain, and Adriana Ugarte, alongside Daniel Auteuil, who also directs. The screenplay is penned by the successful French playwright and screenwriter Florian … Continue reading →

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dr. Jodie Foster from Paris (film: Vie privée – Rebecca Zlotowski, 2025)

I have always had a healthy dose of distrust in the ‘psy-‘ experts, i.e. psychologists, psychoanalysts or psychiatrists. Call it skepticism or prejudice, the fact is that I have never resorted to their services. The film ‘Vie privée‘ (‘A Private … Continue reading →

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love and Resistance (film: Lucie Aubrac – Claude Berri, 1997)

When ‘Lucie Aubrac‘, Claude Berri‘s 1997 film, was made, the story of Resistance and love at the heart of the film was already more than half a century old history, but its main characters were still alive. Lucie and Raymond … Continue reading →

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the last great swashbuckler? (film: Le bossu – Philippe de Broca, 1997

French literature of the middle and second half of the 19th century offered its readers a treasure trove of mystery and adventure novels with themes inspired by the history of France from the Middle Ages to the period of the … Continue reading →

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mis-communication (La separation – Christian Vincent, 1994)

The story in ‘La separation‘ (‘The Separation‘), made in 1994 by Christian Vincent, takes place in an interval of three months. During this time the couple formed by Pierre (Daniel Auteuil) and Anne (Isabelle Huppert) breaks up. Apparently, everything seems … Continue reading →

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