Tag Archives: French cinema

the charm of Belmondo (film: L’as des as – Gerard Oury, 1982)

Posted on December 25, 2020 by admin

In 1982, when he made ‘L’as des as‘ (the English title is ‘Ace of Aces‘) Gérard Oury was a highly regarded director in France and had also gained an international reputation with action comedy films, including the best known of … Continue reading →

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translator, traitor (film: Les traducteurs – Régis Roinsard, 2019)

Posted on November 18, 2020 by admin

Traduttore, traditore: Translator, traitor – this ingenious consonance that seems to have originated from angry Italians who believed that many French translations of Dante betrayed either the beauty or the accuracy of the poet’s work is gaining new meanings in … Continue reading →

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a long, slow, beautiful, different film about colonial Asia (film: India Song – Marguerite Duras, 1975)

Posted on October 31, 2020 by admin

‘India Song‘ written and directed in 1975 by Marguerite Duras can be either a mesmerizing or a painful cinematic experience. The French writer whose literary work largely reflected her life experience in Asia and her fascination with this continent has … Continue reading →

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a classic of the French ‘film noir’ (film: Le doulos – Jean-Pierre Melville, 1962)

Posted on October 27, 2020 by admin

Made in 1962, ‘Le doulos‘ is probably the most characteristic ‘film noir’ of Jean-Pierre Melville‘s career. It is also the film in which the French director expresses openly on screen, with cinematographic means, his total devotion to the American cinematography … Continue reading →

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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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