Tag Archives: social drama

alone, between two worlds (film: Les fleurs amères – Olivier Meys, 2017)

Posted on April 2, 2024 by admin

‘Les fleurs amères‘ (the title in the English distribution is ‘Bitter Flowers‘) is the debut feature film of Belgian director Olivier Meys. It’s also his only film so far, but I sincerely hope there will be more, because Meys demonstrates … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged belgian cinema, Benoît Dervaux, Bitter Flowers, Chloe Maayan, film about China, Les fleurs amères, movies filmed in Paris, Olivier Meys, original script, social cinema, social drama, social issues movie, Wang Xi, Xi Qi | Leave a comment

damned be the savior (film: 125, rue Montmartre – Gilles Grangier, 1959)

Posted on February 24, 2024 by admin

The year 1959 in which Gilles Grangier‘s ‘125 rue Montmartre‘ was made was not an ordinary year in the history of French cinema. It was the year of the release of films like ‘Les quatre cent coups’ and ‘Hiroshima mon … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged 125 rue Montmartre, André Gillois, film noir, French cinema, Gilles Grangier, heist film, Lino Ventura, Michel Audiard, movies filmed in Paris, social drama, thriller | Leave a comment

at the edge of Europe (film: As bestas – Rodrigo Sorogoyen, 2022)

Posted on February 20, 2024 by admin

Rodrigo Sorogoyen is one of the Spanish film directors that I follow and particularly appreciate. Several of his successful films in the last decade have been political thrillers set in urban settings. ‘As bestas‘ (‘The Beasts’) is apparently a very … Continue reading →

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holy crimes (film: Holy Spider – Ali Abbasi, 2022)

Posted on February 12, 2024 by admin

Ali Abbasi, an Iranian director living in Scandinavia for over a decade chose a famous case that happened in Iran in 2000 and 2001 as an opportunity to make in ‘Holy Spider‘ a film that deals with one of the … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Ali Abbasi, Based on a True Story, courtroom drama, Holy Spider, international movies production, Iranian cinema, Mehdi Bajestani, original script, political cinema, social drama, true crime movies, Zar Amir Ebrahimi | Leave a comment

when Roberto met Ingrid (film: Stromboli – Roberto Rossellini, 1950)

Posted on February 5, 2024 by admin

‘Stromboli‘ (1950) is a movie shrouded in a legend that sometimes seems to overshadow the film itself. Its story begins with a letter that Ingrid Bergman, one of the great Hollywood stars of the 1940s, sent to the Italian director … Continue reading →

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enigmatic movie about capitalism and nature (film: Aku wa sonzai shinai / Evil Does Not Exist – Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, 2023)

Posted on February 2, 2024 by admin

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi is a film director who does not make life easy for the viewers of his films. After seeing his previous film, ‘Drive My Car’ (2021), which enjoyed international success, including an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film … Continue reading →

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a movie from the 50s made in 2002 (film: Far from Heaven – Todd Haynes, 2002)

Posted on January 27, 2024 by admin

Todd Haynes‘ ‘Far from Heaven‘ (2002) is a bold and highly successful stylistic and thematic exercise. From the beginning of the film, from the opening credits, you have the impression as a viewer that you are watching an American film … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged American cinema, author cinema, Dennis Haysbert, Dennis Quaid, family drama, film about homosexuality, film about infidelity, Julianne Moore, original script, social drama, Todd Haynes | Leave a comment

deadly game, deadly resistance (film: Bacurau – Kleber Mendonça Filho & Juliano Dornelles, 2019)

Posted on January 20, 2024 by admin

I rarely get a chance to see Brazilian films, but the ones I get to seem all to be special. This is also the case with ‘Bacurau‘ (2019), written and directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho – a well-known director with … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged action movies, Bárbara Colen, Brazilian cinema, Juliano Dornelles, Kleber Mendonça Filho, political cinema, social drama, Sonia Braga, Udo Kier | Leave a comment

the price of love (film: Partir – Catherine Corsini, 2009)

Posted on December 1, 2023 by admin

‘Partir‘ (2009) is my first encounter with a film by the French director Catherine Corsini. The impression is mostly positive. Corsini (who is also the main author of the film’s script) seems to me to be a mature filmmaker, master … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Catherine Corsini, family drama, feminist cinema, French cinema, Kristin Scott Thomas, movie about love, original script, relationship drama, Sergi López, social drama, Yvan Attal | Leave a comment

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