Tag Archives: French cinema

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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triangular love (film: César et Rosalie – Claude Sautet, 1972)

Posted on February 10, 2021 by admin

‘Cesar et Rosalie‘, the title of the 1972 movie by French film director Claude Sautet, can easily be misleading. It is not a simple love story, or rather it is not a single love story, but two. In other words, … Continue reading →

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Isabelle and Gerard (film: Valley of Love – Guillome Nicloux, 2015)

Posted on February 5, 2021 by admin

‘Valley of Love‘, the film written and made in 2015 by Guillaume Nicloux brings Gérard Depardieu and Isabelle Huppert together on screen. These two formidable French actors had never acted together for 35 years in a film. In the meantime … Continue reading →

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Deneuve and Binoche at their best in a smart and sensible movie by Hirokazu Koreeda (film: La vérité – Hirokazu Koreeda, 2019)

Posted on January 30, 2021 by admin

The presence of Catherine Deneuve or Juliette Binoche in the cast would be reason enough to make me run to see a movie. ‘La vérité‘ (the title in English is ‘The Truth‘) made in 2010 gave me the double opportunity … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Fiica astronautei

Posted on January 25, 2021 by admin

Plecările în misiunile spațiale de astăzi nu sunt foarte diferite de plecările marinarilor în călătorii pe oceane, cu 500 de ani în urmă. Despărțirile sunt de lungă durată și întoarcerea nu este întotdeauna garantată. Literatura și cinematografia de anticipație s-au … Continue reading →

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a strange version of the Jekyll / Hyde story (film: Madame Hyde – Serge Bozon, 2017)

Posted on January 23, 2021 by admin

Director and co-writer Serge Bozon started from the famous novella by Robert Louis Stevenson to make in 2017 ‘Madame Hyde‘ a feminine version of the story, transferred into a school in 21st century France. Starring Isabelle Huppert, one of the … Continue reading →

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