Coline Serreau followed her box office hit
Trois homes et un couffin (1985) with this
charming romantic comedy which features an improbable romance against a backdrop of boardroom
intrigue... [More...]
Despite its impressive star-studded cast, La Reine blanche fails to live up to
its expectations and is essentially a rather lacklustre sentimental drama... [More...]
After his monumental and hugely successful Cyrano
de Bergerec, director Jean-Paul Rappeneau attempted an even more lavish super-production
with his next film... [More...]
Based on a play by the eminent French film director Sacha Guitry (which was never
performed), this film offers some fascinating insights into one of the most enigmatic
and influential of French historical figures.
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Having made a career as one of the most successful screenwriters in French cinema, Danièle
Thompson finally made the transition to director with La
Bûche... [More...]
Perhaps no one is better placed than Diane Kurys to make a film which explores a turbulent
period in the life of one of France’s most controversial women writers... [More...]
In this enchanting visual elegy tracing the lives and loves of three generations of an
Italian family, Stéphane Giusti draws on his own personal experiences and offers
a film that is both poignant and curiously... [More...]
How can any director make a film about Alzheimer’s disease without falling prey to tired
clichés or heavy sentimentality? What hope is there in this subject to attract
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The opening title sequence is a work of art in itself, consisting of ribbons of wording
alluringly twirling themselves around whimsical household objects... [More...]
With a body of five well-regarded films under his
belt, director Cédric Kahn has established himself as one of
France’s most promising young filmmakers... [More...]
The master returns - not to cheer us, but to break our hearts.
Despite being comfortably into his ninth decade, Alain Resnais still
hasn’t lost the knack of making films that reward the eye... [More...]
If the plot of Quatre étoiles
appears vaguely familiar that is probably because it is virtually
identical to that of another French films, Hors
de prix... [More...]
