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The films of
Isabelle Huppert
Isabelle Huppert
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La Cérémonie (1995) Claude Chabrol |
Les Palmes de M. Schutz (1997) Claude Pinoteau |
Rien ne va plus (1997) Claude Chabrol |
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| This is a chilling thriller-drama from one of France’s most acclaimed directors, and stars three very talented actresses. Based on a Ruth Rendell novel... [More...] | This light-hearted portrayal of the lives of Pierre and Marie Curie was based on a celebrated 1989 stage play written by Jean-Noël Fenwick. Historically accurate for the most part... [More...] | Whilst not as dark and interesting as some of Chabrol’s earlier thrillers, this film is not a bad effort. It is a pleasure to watch Isabelle Huppert and Michel Serrault playing two pretty hard-nosed criminals who... [More...] |
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L'École de la chair (1998) Benoît Jacquot |
Pas de scandale (1999) Benoît Jacquot |
La Fausse suivante (2000) Benoît Jacquot |
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| L’École de la chair is an unsentimental, refreshingly honest portrayal of two people’s quest for emotional and sexual fulfilment... [More...] | In common with many of Benoit Jacquot’s films, Pas de scandale is an intensely sombre character study centred around one person experiencing a mid-life crisis... [More...] | Benoît Jacquot’s daring adaptation of Marivaux’s 18th Century play was not a great commercial success but it makes an unusual, hugely original transposition of a stage work to the big screen... [More...] |
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Les Destinées sentimentales (2000) Olivier Assayas |
Merci pour le chocolat (2000) Claude Chabrol |
La Pianiste (2001) Michael Haneke |
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| This lavish period epic is an unexpected and radical departure for director Olivier Assayas, who has acquired a reputation as very modern and unconventional film-maker... [More...] | After the comparative disappointment of his previous two films, Claude Chabrol more than redeems himself with this chilling, multi-layered suspense thriller... [More...] | One of the most controversial and critically acclaimed French language films of 2001, La Pianiste is not a comfortable film to watch but it is profoundly moving and compelling in its depiction of sexual repression and... [More...] |
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8 femmes (2002) François Ozon |
La Vie promise (2002) Olivier Dahan |
Les Soeurs fâchées (2004) Alexandra Leclère |
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| With this outrageous mélange of murder mystery à la Agatha Christie and camp pastiche of 1950s Hollywood musical, François Ozon proves that he is not just one of France’s most versatile film... [More...] | Olivier Dahan’s take on the road movie begins well enough, introducing a middle-aged prostitute and portraying her estranged relationship with her daughter convincingly... [More...] | Alexandra Leclère makes a promising directorial debut with this bittersweet portrait of two chalk and cheese sisters who are driven to reconcile their deep-seated differences in a period of mid-life crisis... [More...] |
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Gabrielle (2005) Patrice Chéreau |
L'Ivresse du pouvoir (2006) Claude Chabrol |
Nue propriété (2006) Joachim Lafosse |
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| Here’s an almost perfect example of how a surfeit of stylistic excess and poor directorial judgement can utterly ruin what has the potential to be a remarkable film... [More...] | Despite the bold disclaimer offered at the start of the film, L’Ivresse du pouvoir is clearly a pseudo-dramatisation of the Elf Aquitaine fraud case that came to trial in a blitz of publicity in 2003... [More...] | Having won acclaim for his first two full-length films – Folie privée (2004) and Ça rend heureux (2006) - Belgian director Joachim Lafosse continued to pick up plaudits by the bucket load with his... [More...] |
