Tag Archives: Guillaume Canet

Claude Berri’s elegant farewell (film: Ensemble, c’est tout – Claude Berri, 2007)

‘Ensemble, c’est tout’ (2007) is the last film that Claude Berri wrote (based on a novel by Anna Gavalda) and directed to the end. His filmography ends with another film (‘Trésor’), which he was unable to finish and see released, … Continue reading

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

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

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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