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The films of
Suzanne Flon
Suzanne Flon
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Moulin Rouge (1952) John Huston |
Amours célèbres (1961) Michel Boisrond |
Le Procès (1962) Orson Welles |
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| John Huston’s lavish portrayal of the life and loves of the post-impressionist painter Henri de Toulose-Lautrec falls into the pitfall of many a biopic... [More...] |
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Despite all the bad press it has received, Orson Welles’ Le Procès (a.k.a. The Trial) is one of the great cinematrographic achievments of the Twentieth Century... [More...] |
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Un singe en hiver (1962) Henri Verneuil |
The Train (1964) John Frankenheimer |
Sous le signe du taureau (1968) Gilles Grangier |
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| Un singe en hiver is a gentle comedy which takes a melancholic view of friendship, nostalgia and drink. It was based on a popular novel by the French writer Antoine Blondin... [More...] | Whilst lacking the unfaltering conviction and humanity of René Clement’s 1946 masterpiece Bataille du Rail, which this film closely resembles... [More...] | This run-of-the-mill drama marks the final chapter in the long-standing relationship between director Gilles Grangier and actor Jean-Gabin. Beginning with La Vierge du Rhin in 1953... [More...] |
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Le Silencieux (1973) Claude Pinoteau |
Un amour de pluie (1974) Jean-Claude Brialy |
Monsieur Klein (1976) Joseph Losey |
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| This stylish albeit pretty run-of-the-mill suspense thriller was the first film to be directed by Claude Pinoteau, who is perhaps best known for his 1980s hit La Boum... [More...] |
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Monsieur Klein is an unusual variation on the theme of the police-gangster thriller which was very much in vogue in France in the early 1970s. What marks this film out as a cut above the rest is partly the film’s... [More...] |
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L'Été meurtrier (1983) Jean Becker |
Gaspard et Robinson (1990) Tony Gatlif |
Je suis né d'une cigogne (1999) Tony Gatlif |
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| What could easily have been a run-of-the-mill psychological thriller actually turns out to be a thoroughly compelling and beautifully filmed piece of cinema... [More...] | This bittersweet comedy makes a poignant statement about the importance of friendship and family in an increasingly fragmented society. Beautifully filmed... [More...] | Je suis né d’une cigogne is both an insanely anarchic portrait of adolescent rebellion and an ingenious parable of social exclusion and immigration in an uncaring society... [More...] |
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Les Enfants du marais (1999) Jean Becker |
Un crime au paradis (2001) Jean Becker |
La Fleur du mal (2003) Claude Chabrol |
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| Initially panned by the critics but then proving to be a popular success with cinema-goers, Les Enfants du marais is the kind of French film which appeals to international film audiences... [More...] | This lightweight black comedy was inspired by a well-known 1951 film La Poison, directed by Sacha Guitry and starring Michel Simon. Whilst it may not be as satisfying as that earlier film... [More...] | With La Fleur du mal, a masterfully composed psychological drama, acclaimed director Claude Chabrol revisits his favourite theme: murder within the bosom of the provincial Bourgeoisie... [More...] |
