Tag Archives: French cinema

La Belle et Malade Epoque (Film: Ma Loute – Bruno Dumont, 2016)

Posted on August 18, 2016 by admin

The centennial anniversary of the breaking of WWI was an opportunity for several books to be written and films to be made (most of them documentaries) not only about the war itself, but also about the years that preceded it. … Continue reading →

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how do you say Tarantino in French? (Film: Mauvais sang – Leos Carax, 1986)

Posted on October 19, 2015 by admin

I am fascinated by Leos Carax. In more than 30 years he made just a handful of long films, but what films these are. Each of them reminds me when I get to see them why I love and I … Continue reading →

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the subject deserved a better movie (Film: Les femmes de l’ombre – Sophie Marceau, 2008)

Posted on September 27, 2015 by admin

Winning WWII was to a large extent the merit of women – many kept the economy and the households working, many other served in different tasks in the armed forces, and yes – a few fought in secret missions. Cinema … Continue reading →

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French thriller a l’americaine (Film: Ne le dis à personne – François Cluzet, 2006)

Posted on May 2, 2015 by admin

The music in the opening scene of this French movie should give a strong hint to the viewer about what to expect. It’s a soul song which combines oddly with the first shots of an apparently idyllic gathering in the … Continue reading →

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Film: Casse-tete chinois (Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou – 2013)

Posted on August 23, 2014 by admin

Writing the review of a movie two weeks later is an exercise that I should try more often. ‘Casee-tete Chinois’ is one of the two movies I have seen before I went to a vacation where other priorities pushed aside … Continue reading →

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Au coeur de la nuit (Film: La Rafle – Jean Reno, 2010)

Posted on April 15, 2014 by admin

The Jewish people faced many dark moments in its long and troubled history. What happened in the night of July 16, 1942 in Paris – the arrest of more than ten thousand Jews, men and women, young, old and children, … Continue reading →

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terror thriller a la americaine (Film: Secret Defense – Philip Haim, 2008)

Posted on February 6, 2014 by admin

What is bluntly visible in this French film is the American look. Actually it is not only the look – the whole approach taken by the film starting with its story and I dare say with its ideology, going through … Continue reading →

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the dawn of the French empire (Film: Indochine – Catherine Deneuve, 1992)

Posted on October 4, 2013 by admin

‘Indochine’ was released to the big screens in France by the time of my first visit in Paris in 1992, the city was then full of posters about it, I remember them even on the Champs Elysees. Going to the … Continue reading →

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a French dream success story (Film: Ivo Livi dit Yves Montand, 2011)

Posted on June 19, 2013 by admin

If this story happened in the USA it would have been labelled as the American Dream story. An Italian immigrant comes to the new country with his three kids. A few years later he receives citizenship. The younger of the … Continue reading →

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screen and stage (Film: Le prenom – 2012)

Posted on June 9, 2013 by admin

‘Le prenom’ translated in English in the Shakespearean ‘What’s in a Name’ is even more than an adaptation, it is almost filmed theater. Excepting the introduction which is funny but has little to do with the film and the final … Continue reading →

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