Tag Archives: Fanny Ardant

twilight of an epoch (film: Un amour de Swann – Volker Schlöndorff, 1984)

Posted on October 26, 2024 by admin

One of the most useless intellectual exercises, in my opinion, is to compare a book and a movie, even if the movie is inspired by the book or is an adaptation. Literature and cinema are as different arts as dance … Continue reading →

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Agatha Christie on music (film: 8 femmes – François Ozon, 2002)

Posted on January 23, 2024 by admin

I believe that any fan of French cinema of the last 70 years would like to have witnessed in the studio the filming of ‘8 femmes‘ (‘8 Women‘) made in 2002 by François Ozon. It is a perfect exemplification of … Continue reading →

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the last Truffaut (film: Vivement Dimanche! – Francois Truffaut, 1983)

Posted on June 8, 2021 by admin

It is very difficult for us, those who admired and loved François Truffaut to judge the 1983 ‘Vivement Dimanche!‘ (the English title is ‘Confidentially Yours‘ without taking into account the ruthless label that fate has attached to it: his last … Continue reading →

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love and wisdom in the city of Safed (film: haSodot – Avi Nesher, 2007)

Posted on August 11, 2020 by admin

Israeli director Avi Nesher‘s 2007 film ‘The Secrets‘ (the Hebrew title is ‘HaSodot‘) predates the success of films and TV series whose characters and stories are inspired by ultra-religious Orthodox Jewish communities. It is an environment that has aroused the … Continue reading →

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