Tag Archives: Edouard Molinaro

night in the city (film: Un témoin dans la ville – Édouard Molinaro, 1959)

‘Un témoin dans la ville‘, the third feature film made in 1959 by Édouard Molinaro, begins with a scene of a murder on a train that seems taken from an Alfred Hitchcock film and ends with an anthological and original … Continue reading

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the vice villa (film: Des femmes disparaissent – Edouard Molinaro, 1959)

I am fascinated by the French films made in the last years of the sixth decade of the 20th century. The revolution in the art of cinema that was to be the Nouvelle Vague was about to break out, and … Continue reading

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history lesson (film: Le souper – Edouard Molinaro, 1992)

Who makes the history? How, when and where are made the great decisions that decide the fate of countries, nations, individuals? These questions, which historians and philosophers have asked and debated fiercely for centuries, are elegantly answered in ‘Le souper‘, … Continue reading

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