Tag Archives: family comedy

a trip to the roots (film: A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg, 2024)

Posted on January 17, 2025 by admin

The genre of films to which ‘A Real Pain‘ (2024), the second film in which Jesse Eisenberg is (also) behind the camera as director, belongs is quite popular in Israel. Trips to Poland and other countries in Europe where episodes … Continue reading →

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father and son (film: Che ora è – Ettore Scola, 1989)

Posted on December 21, 2024 by admin

‘Che ora è‘, Ettore Scola‘s 1989 film, is an admirable demonstration of the fact that great films can often be simple and that sophisticated effects or complex plots are not always necessary to reach the hearts of viewers. All one … Continue reading →

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non-conventional families (film: Broker – Kore-eda Hirokazu, 2022)

Posted on July 11, 2023 by admin

Families are the main theme of most of the films of the Japanese master director Kore-eda Hirokazu, but these are no ordinary families. Traditional families do not work well in his films, and are never happy, as Tolstoy had observed. … Continue reading →

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winter by the sea (film: Basse saison – Laurent Herbiet, 2021)

Posted on March 31, 2023 by admin

I decided to see ‘Basse saison‘ primarily because of the presence in the cast of Emmanuelle Devos, an actress I admire enormously. I don’t think I’ve ever seen before a film directed by Laurent Herbiet, but he has a good … Continue reading →

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The Temptation of Gad (film: Reste un peu – Gad Elmaleh, 2022)

Posted on March 29, 2023 by admin

I’ve been looking forward to watching ‘Reste un peu‘, Gad Elmaleh’s semi-documentary and semi-autobiographical film ever since I saw some interviews and debates on the francophone televisions on the occasion of its release on screens in France a few months … Continue reading →

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jail, theatre and life (film: L’innocent – Louis Garrel, 2022)

Posted on March 18, 2023 by admin

There is a scene in ‘L’innocent‘, the 2022 film directed by Louis Garrel, that I found extremely strong. Garrel plays the title role and his hero is named Abel, as in all four films written and directed by him so … Continue reading →

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