Tag Archives: French cinema

traveling the world, traveling the mind (documentary: Sans Soleil – Chris Marker, 1983)

Posted on February 16, 2019 by admin

‘Sans Soleil‘ is a movie that is hard to fit in any category, same as its director Chris Marker (1921 – 2012) was a cinematic persona hard to characterize or place into a single shelve of the French film history. … Continue reading →

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a cinematographic essay on loneliness (Film: Documenteur – Agnes Varda, 1981)

Posted on February 14, 2019 by admin

‘Documenteur‘ is an interesting essay, but not one of the milestones in the filmography of Agnès Varda. The film follows a French woman, just out of a relationship, looking for housing and than living for a while in a non-proviledged … Continue reading →

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road to abyss (Film: Sans toit ni loi – Agnes Varda, 1985)

Posted on February 12, 2019 by admin

The retrospective of Agnès Varda‘s films that we have enjoyed for the last month at the local cinematheque gave us the opportunity to see the digitally reconditioned version of her wonderful 1985 film ‘Sans toit ni loi‘ (English title is … Continue reading →

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feminine and feminist (Film: L’une chante l’autre pas – Agnes Varda, 1976)

Posted on February 5, 2019 by admin

Agnès Varda‘s retrospective at the local cinema gave me the opportunity to watch for the first time ‘One Sings, the Other Doesn’t‘ (the original title in French is ‘L’une chante l’autre pas’). The story in this film takes place in … Continue reading →

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the story of a fake hero (Film: Un héros très discret – Jacques Audiard, 1996)

Posted on January 30, 2019 by admin

Successful revolutions and liberation movements that succeed often suffer from an interesting syndrome. Several weeks, months, years after the events, there are more and more “heroes” claiming deeds of bravery. In Romanian, the proverb that characterizes this syndrome is ‘Many … Continue reading →

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a real happiness (Film: Le Bonheur – Agnès Varda, 1965)

Posted on January 11, 2019 by admin

The local cinematheque started a retrospective of the films of Agnès Varda and that was a great opportunity for me to discover ‘Le Bonheur‘ (‘Happiness’), the 1965 production that was rebuilt in a digitized version with brilliant colors. It’s a … Continue reading →

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French fun (Film: La Chevre – Pierre Richard, Gerard Depardieu, 1981)

Posted on December 6, 2018 by admin

I spent a fun evening at the movies watching the 1981 comedy ‘La Chevre‘ written and directed by Francis Veber and starring Pierre Richard and Gérard Depardieu. It’s quite interesting to see the two French actors at a moment when … Continue reading →

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victims of war (Film: Au revoir là-haut – Albert Dupontel, 2017)

Posted on March 15, 2018 by admin

It’s one hundred year since the world entered in the final year of the first global conflict. WWI was a fractal event in history. It changed the world order that had been in place for the last century, it led … Continue reading →

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games of hazard (Film: 3 coeurs – Benoît Jacquot, 2014)

Posted on February 22, 2018 by admin

Director Benoît Jacquot‘s “3 coeurs” (“3 Hearts”) gathers on screen a stellar cast. The three lead feminine roles are trusted to Catherine Deneuve, Charlotte Gainsbourg, the daughter of …,  and  Chiara Mastroianni, also the daughter of … and also the daughter of … Continue reading →

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art or revolution (Frilm: Le Redoutable – Michel Hazanavicius, 2017)

Posted on February 9, 2018 by admin

The French invented cinema and the Americans turned it into a big industry. If Hollywood loves making films about Hollywood, why should not make the French also films about the French cinema? Especially if we are talking about a director … Continue reading →

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