Tag Archives: Jean-Louis Trintignant

a man and a woman, fifty years later (Film: Les plus belles années d’une vie – Claude Lelouch, 2019)

Posted on December 7, 2019 by admin

I confess that I have never been a big fan of Claude Lelouch. ‘A Man and a Woman‘ (‘Un homme et une femme‘) did not make a strong impression on me more than half a century ago when I first … Continue reading →

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normality of evil (Film: Il conformista – Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970)

Posted on April 18, 2019 by admin

Bernardo Bertolucci has a difficult posterity. Even the obituaries at his disappearance last year included more or less veiled criticism of his voyeurism in ‘Last Tango in Paris‘ or ‘The Dreamers‘ or its sliding into the extreme-oriental commerciality of ‘The … 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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another perspective of the end (Film: Happy End – Michael Haneke, 2017)

Posted on February 7, 2018 by admin

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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