J’embrasse pas is a grim, melancholic portrait of a bright-eyed adolescent searching
and failing to find meaning in his life. Although it doesn’t achieve the realism
and force of André Téchiné’s... [More...]
This is an impressive film which succeeds admirably in exploring a complex brother-sister
relationship in middle-age. During his career as a film director... [More...]
Several filmmakers have attempted to combine social realist drama and
the traditional film noir thriller but few have been as successful as
French director Pierre Jolivet... [More...]
This extraordinary and provocative analysis of a woman’s quest for fulfilment and
self-realisation viewed from the perspective of an embittered solitary Italian is a stunning
yet shocking piece of cinema... [More...]
As in his earlier film Les Voleurs, Techiné uses the trick of telling part
of the story out of sequence – in this case to reveal Martin’s terrible secret... [More...]
A dizzying roller-coaster of a ride, with its enormous cast and stylish, arcing camera
movements, this is a striking work from the director of the acclaimed La Reine Margot
... [More...]
There are not many film makers who can use a tough social drama as the basis for a fast-moving
light-hearted comedy, but Pierre Jolivet manages just that with Ma
petite entreprise... [More...]
Whilst not as striking or as satisfying as many of Claude Miller’s previous films, Betty
Fisher et autres histoires is a strangely compelling work which offers a credible
portrayal of a fragile mother-daughter relationship... [More...]
Fanny Ardant and Roschdy Zem are not an obvious pairing for a romantic drama, but both
actors succeed in rendering the incredible credible and bring emotional depth and poignancy
to this stylish but largely predictable... [More...]
Director Olivier Marchal clearly likes his crime thrillers fast, hard-boiled and dialogue
sparse. After his ultra-violent first film,
Gangsters (2002)... [More...]
Director Jean-Pierre Sinapi looks on the lighter side of racial and
cultural clashes in this upbeat comedy, his third full length film to
date. In common with Sinapi’s earlier Nationale
7 (2000) and Vivre me tue (2002)... [More...]
In this, his fourth and arguably best full-length film to date,
director Xavier Beauvois succeeds in weaving the elements of a
traditional French policier and tough social drama into a compelling... [More...]
Indigènes is a
remarkable work from French film director Rachid Bouchareb, who had
previously won acclaim for such films as Poussières de vie (1995) and
Little Senegal (2001)... [More...]
