Tag Archives: film based on a novel

Romy’s farewell (film: La passante du Sans-Souci – Jacques Rouffio, 1982)

Posted on October 5, 2023 by admin

‘La passante du Sans-Souci‘ (distributed in the English language markets as ‘The Passerby‘) is the last film in which Romy Schneider appeared. It is a film that the actress really wanted to make, both for personal and professional reasons. It … Continue reading →

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the last Hitchcock (film: Family Plot – Alfred Hitchcock, 1976)

Posted on October 4, 2023 by admin

‘Family Plot‘, Alfred Hitchcock‘s last film, made in 1976, is the story of the confrontation between two couples of swindlers. In the opening scene of the film, we meet in action the first couple – a pseudo-fortune teller named Blanche … Continue reading →

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in the shade of Philip Marlowe (film: Manhattan Night – Brian DeCubellis, 2016)

Posted on September 25, 2023 by admin

I liked how ‘Manhattan Night‘, the 2016 film by director Brian DeCubellis, begins. We are in a dark, cold and violent New York, and the main character is one of those who bring the public news about the crimes in … Continue reading →

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the world is more than one room (film: Room – Lenny Abrahamson, 2015)

Posted on September 7, 2023 by admin

‘Room‘, the 2015 film made by Lenny Abrahamson based on a script written by Lenny Abrahamson, who adapted her own novel for the screen can be considered as a sequence of two different films, each about an hour long, with … Continue reading →

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vertigo at the peak (film: Vertigo – Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)

Posted on April 19, 2023 by admin

‘Vertigo‘, made in 1958, seems today, at the first viewing or at a re-watch, like a cinema lesson left by Alfred Hitchcock to the directors who would come after him. It is a complex story (inspired by a French novel … Continue reading →

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crime without punishment (film: Juste avant la nuit – Chaude Chabrol, 1971)

Posted on April 12, 2023 by admin

Made in 1971, ‘Juste avant la nuit‘ (translated to English as ‘Just Before Nightfall’) was made towards the end of a very productive period in the career of French director Claude Chabrol. Since 1969 he had directed at least two … Continue reading →

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Kafka at the Bank (film: L’argent des autres – Christian de Chalonges, 1978)

Posted on April 1, 2023 by admin

‘L’argent des autres’, Christian de Chalonge‘s movie, was one of the best films of 1978 in France, enjoying box-office success and receiving the two most important Cesar awards – for the best film and for the best direction. It is … Continue reading →

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the best of Deville (film: Le dossier 51 – Michel Deville, 1978)

Posted on March 26, 2023 by admin

The best tribute we can pay to a departed filmmaker is to watch or rewatch his films. That’s what I’ve been doing for the past few weeks, since I learned that Michel Deville is no longer with us. In the … Continue reading →

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hell is sometimes ‘cool’ (film: Eaux profondes – Michel Deville, 1981)

Posted on March 19, 2023 by admin

The American remake was released on screens a year ago. I did not get to watching it yet, and I’m not sure if I will soon. ‘Eaux profondes‘, the 1981 adaptation of the novel ‘Deep Water’ (this is also the … Continue reading →

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the improbable lover (film: Le mouton enragé – Michel Deville, 1974)

Posted on March 13, 2023 by admin

Michel Deville quietly left us and this world a few weeks ago, and his disappearance would have gone unnoticed, for me at least, if some television stations had not marked the sad event by programming some of his films. A … Continue reading →

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