Tag Archives: Isabelle Huppert

a strange version of the Jekyll / Hyde story (film: Madame Hyde – Serge Bozon, 2017)

Director and co-writer Serge Bozon started from the famous novella by Robert Louis Stevenson to make in 2017 ‘Madame Hyde‘ a feminine version of the story, transferred into a school in 21st century France. Starring Isabelle Huppert, one of the … Continue reading

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the destinies of two women in post-war France (film: ‘Coup de foudre – Isabelle Huppert, 1983)

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 profile of a murderess (film: Violette Nozière – Claude Chabrol, 1978)

In 1978, when Claude Chabrol made ‘Violette Noziere’, many people in France remembered very well the criminal case of the woman who gives the film its name. It had been one of the scandalous, passionate, and morbid stories of the … Continue reading

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film noir under the African sun (film: Coup de torchon – Bertrand Tavernier, 1981)

Before the Coen brothers and Quentin Tarantino, on the other side of the Atlantic, there was Bertrand Tavernier. ‘Coup de torchon‘ (English title ‘Clean Slate‘) was made in 1981, the year Tarantino had just finished high school and three years … Continue reading

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another perspective of the end (Film: Happy End – Michael Haneke, 2017)

If anybody thought after seeing ‘Amour‘ and especially its ending that Michael Haneke turned to be a little bit softer towards its characters and show them some mercy, than his or her expectations will be definitely be contradicted by his most … Continue reading

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