Gérard Jugnot’s engaging performance brings a genuine human dimension to what would
otherwise have been a pretty routine heist movie. Jugnot is perhaps better known
for his ebullient comic performances... [More...]
Sale comme un ange is another dark portrayal
of human sexuality from Catherine Breillat, her fourth in a series of provocative and
unequivocally personal films... [More...]
The final instalment in Krzysztof Kieslowski’s "Three Colours" trilogy marks not just
the end of this remarkable series of films but also the end of the Polish director’s impressive
film-making career... [More...]
Bertrand Tavernier won the Best Director César for this powerful and unusual wartime
drama in which he skilfully explores the psychological impact of war on young soldiers... [More...]
Director Alain Corneau is the man responsible for some of the most highly rated crime-thrillers
in French cinema, including Police
Python 357 (1976) and Le
Choix des armes (1981)... [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...]
Peau neuve marks a promising directoral debut for Emilie Deleuze. It is a
compelling work which treats familiar themes involving middle-aged angst and male friendship
with great subtlety and humanity... [More...]
A surprising mix of the conventional and the unexpected, Vénus beauté
(institut) is superficially a familiar modern day love story, centred around a middle-aged
woman who finally discovers true love after... [More...]
Given that monster movies and fantasy/horror films have (nearly) always managed to garner
popular success, it is somewhat odd that France’s most celebrated true-life horror story
hasn’t already made it into... [More...]
An obvious marketing gimmick of the most cynical kind (released to coincide with the 2002
Soccer World Cup in which France had high hopes of repeating its 1998 victory)... [More...]
The opening title sequence is a work of art in itself, consisting of ribbons of wording
alluringly twirling themselves around whimsical household objects... [More...]
Le Passager de l’été is
one of those frustrating films that promises so much but delivers so
little. The story it tells has immense potential... [More...]
