The films of
Marguerite Duras


Hiroshima mon amour (1959)
Alain Resnais
  Moderato cantabile (1960)
Peter Brook
  Nathalie Granger (1972)
Marguerite Duras
 
     
This is an exceptional film, marking Alain Resnais’ debut as a film director, after a decade of producing eye-opening short documentaries. Indeed...  [More...]   A beautifully lyrical but sombre piece of cinema, Moderato Cantabile is an excellent example of the French new wave of the early 1960s. It is a moving and eloquent study of the psychology of a bored...  [More...]  
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Cet amour-là (2001)
Josée Dayan
  L'Après-midi de monsieur Andesmas (2004)
Michelle Porte
  Un Barrage contre le Pacifique (2009)
Rithy Panh
 
     
Cet amour-là offers a poignant depiction of a seemingly impossible love affair between the literary giant Marguerite Duras and a gauche student young enough to be her grandson...  [More...]  
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