Tag Archives: Gerard Depardieu

tragedy of a woman artist (film: Camille Claudel – Isabelle Adjani, Gerard Depardieu, 1988),

Posted on May 6, 2017 by admin

The year is 2017, Camille Claudel is back in town and she seems to go through a revival and reevaluation of her work and short artistic career. A museum dedicated to her life and art opened in March in the … Continue reading →

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Adieu, Monsieur Chabrol! (Film: Bellamy – Claude Chabrol, 2009)

Posted on April 12, 2013 by admin

Bellamy (or Inspector Bellamy) is the final film in the career that spreads over half a century of director Claude Chabrol, a career started within the cinematic revolution of the French Nouvelle Vague at the end of the 50s in which Chabrol … Continue reading →

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Theater in Time of War (Film: Le Dernier Metro – Truffaut, 1980)

Posted on May 30, 2012 by admin

‘Le Dernier Metro’ is one of the last films Truffaut made, and I believe was the last that premiered during his life time. His period of innovating and revolutionizing the French cinema, breaking conventions and pushing ahead a new way … Continue reading →

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