Tag Archives: French cinema

the destinies of two women in post-war France (film: ‘Coup de foudre – Isabelle Huppert, 1983)

Posted on October 20, 2020 by admin

In the final seconds before the credits we find out that for the director and co-writer Diane Kurys the film ‘Coup de foudre‘ (which also had an alternative title ‘Entre nous‘) made in 1983 was a very personal film, as … Continue reading →

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the starting point of a few beautiful careers (film: Rendez-vous – André Téchiné, 1985)

Posted on October 13, 2020 by admin

When film director André Téchiné made ‘Rendez-vous‘ in 1985, his name was already well known. However, some of his collaborators were anonymous and this film would be a very good launching pad for celebrities. Téchiné offered the lead role and … Continue reading →

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of men and monks (film: Des hommes et des dieux – Xavier Beauvois, 2010)

Posted on October 1, 2020 by admin

Xavier Beauvois‘s ‘Des hommes et des dieux‘ (a title that was translated into English with a reversal of nouns as ‘Of Gods and Men‘) addresses the complex issue of confronting terrorism in the Arab world by focusing on an event … Continue reading →

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the king and the queen (film: Mon roi – Maïwenn, 2015)

Posted on September 16, 2020 by admin

French actress and film director Maïwenn already has a rather interesting biography that could be the subject of a film in the future. Until this happens (or not) each of her appearances in front of or behind the camera arouses … Continue reading →

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the writer and his muse (film: Mr & Mme Adelman – Nicolas Bedos, 2017)

Posted on August 29, 2020 by admin

In March, I was looking forward to seeing ‘La Belle Époque‘, the second and latest film by French director Nicolas Bedos, which was due to hit our local screens just in the week when the world stopped and cinemas closed. … Continue reading →

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a ‘noir’ thriller in the Paris of the 60s (film: La denonciation – Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, 1962)

Posted on August 25, 2020 by admin

‘La denonciation‘ (‘The Denunciation’, a title terribly translated into English as ‘The Immoral Moment‘) begins and ends with two scenes taking place on the streets of Paris. I will not tell anything about their content, because it is a ‘noir’ … Continue reading →

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a beautiful finale (film: Visages villages – Agnès Varda, 2017)

Posted on August 22, 2020 by admin

“Visages villages” (the English title is “Faces Places“) is the last big screen film directed in 2017 by Agnès Varda in collaboration with photographer and mural artist JR. Until her death in 2019, she would make another TV movie dedicated … Continue reading →

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the profile of a murderess (film: Violette Nozière – Claude Chabrol, 1978)

Posted on August 21, 2020 by admin

In 1978, when Claude Chabrol made ‘Violette Noziere’, many people in France remembered very well the criminal case of the woman who gives the film its name. It had been one of the scandalous, passionate, and morbid stories of the … Continue reading →

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a Van Gogh like no other (film: Van Gogh – Maurice Pialat, 1991)

Posted on August 15, 2020 by admin

I had the joy of living another one of those events that give beauty to the life of a cinephile. My first encounter with Jacques Dutronc dates about half a century ago when I was listening to the shows on … Continue reading →

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the painter and the writer (Film: Cézanne et moi – Danièle Thompson, 2016)

Posted on August 14, 2020 by admin

Films about the painters of the artistic revolution in France of the last decades of the 19th century have long become a stand-alone cinematic genre. Impressionists and post-impressionists changed the course of art and reinvented the process of artistic creation. … Continue reading →

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