Tag Archives: French cinema

undoing wrongs (film: En liberté! – Pierre Salvadori, 2018)

Posted on July 15, 2021 by admin

‘En liberte!‘, The 2018 French comedy directed by Pierre Salvadori, opens with a scene that seems to be taken from an action movie with super-cops made in the 60s. The scene, in which a brave policeman neutralizes a large crowd … Continue reading →

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who are you, Therese Desqueyroux? (film: Therese Desqueyroux – Claude Miller, 2012)

Posted on June 25, 2021 by admin

Who is Therese Desqueyroux? This question remains open after watching the film made in 2012 by Claude Miller, a film bearing the name of the heroine (or simply ‘Therese‘ on the English market and in other countries where the heroine’s … 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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this film could not have been made today (film: L’homme qui aimait les femmes – Francois Truffaut, 1977)

Posted on June 3, 2021 by admin

It would be impossible to make today a movie like ‘L’homme qui aimait les femmes‘ (the English title is ‘The Man Who Loved Women‘) directed in 1977 by François Truffaut. Not the way the French filmmaker wrote and directed it, … Continue reading →

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the good education (film: L’enfant sauvage – Francois Truffaut, 1970)

Posted on May 20, 2021 by admin

‘Lenfant sauvage‘ (translated into English as ‘The Wild Child‘) made in 1970 brings to screen much of what I love in Francois Truffaut‘s films: the direct and sincere approach, the pleasure of telling viewers an exciting story, the fascination for … Continue reading →

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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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