Tag Archives: French cinema

on the tracks of The Godfather (film: 22 Bullets – Richard Berry, 2010)

Posted on May 15, 2021 by admin

22 bullets were fired in a parking lot in Marseille in the body of Charly Mattei, a retired gangster. And yet, he survived. Revenge seems inevitable. This is the starting point of the film ‘22 Bullets‘ (the original French title … Continue reading →

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top of the wave (film: A bout de souffle – Jean-Luc Godard, 1960)

Posted on April 29, 2021 by admin

MyBelmondo cure this week concludes with ‘A bout de souffle‘, Godard‘s 1960 film, a film I love so much that I unhesitatingly gave it a very rare 10/10 on IMDB. Why do I really like this movie? In my opinion, … Continue reading →

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love, fraud, death, and … love (Film: La sirene du Mississipi – Francois Truffaut, 1969)

Posted on April 28, 2021 by admin

In 1969, when François Truffaut directed ‘La sirene du Mississipi‘ (the spelling mistake appears in the original French title, the English title is ‘Mississippi Mermaid‘) he already had ten years of cinematic experience as a feature film director. Some of … Continue reading →

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Belmondo and Friends (film: Flic ou voyou – Jean-Paul Belmondo, 1979)

Posted on April 26, 2021 by admin

‘Flic ou voyou‘ (English title is ‘Cop or Hood‘) made in 1979 by Georges Lautner is first and foremost a Belmondo movie. The screenplay (adaptation of a novel, with dialogues written by Michel Audiard) is written with the goal to … Continue reading →

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not only for Isabelle Huppert (film: Eva – Benoit Jacquot, 2018)

Posted on April 19, 2021 by admin

I decided to see ‘Eva‘ made in 2017 by Benoît Jacquot for two reasons. The first and foremost is of course the presence of Isabelle Huppert in the cast. The second reason is that every time I decided to watch … Continue reading →

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Marguerite Duras would have liked it (film: Un barrage contre le Pacifique’ – Rithy Panh, 2008)

Posted on April 10, 2021 by admin

‘The Sea Wall‘ directed in 2008 by Cambodian director Rithy Panh is the second screen adaptation of Marguerite Duras‘s novel ‘Un barrage contre le Pacifique’ after the one made in 1957 by René Clément, a few years after the novel … Continue reading →

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the loves of the pianist (film: Tirez sur le pianiste – François Truffaut, 1960)

Posted on March 29, 2021 by admin

Made in 1960, ‘Tirez sur le pianiste‘ (the English title is ‘Shoot the Piano Player‘) is François Truffaut‘s second film, released after his formidable debut with ‘Les quatre cent coups‘. The main source of inspiration here is the genre of … Continue reading →

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longing for Aznavour (film: Le regard de Charles – Marc di Domenico, Charles Aznavour, 2019)

Posted on March 17, 2021 by admin

‘Le regard de Charles‘ is a very special biographical documentary. In 2018, a few months before his death, Charles Aznavour shared a secret and a treasure with his friend, the filmmaker Marc di Domenico. It was a few dozen hours … Continue reading →

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

Posted on March 13, 2021 by admin

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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the judge with the red gloves (film: L’ivresse du pouvoir – Claude Chabrol, 2006)

Posted on February 26, 2021 by admin

‘L’ivresse du pouvoir‘, the title of Claude Chabrol‘s 2006 film, was translated for the English-language market in ‘Comedy of Power‘. Is it just another uninspired translation like many others or a fundamental misunderstanding of what this film meant? The French … Continue reading →

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