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The films of
Yolande Moreau
Yolande Moreau
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Sans toit ni loi (1985) Agnès Varda |
Germinal (1993) Claude Berri |
Le Hussard sur le toit (1995) Jean-Paul Rappeneau |
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| One of Agnès Varda’s most critically acclaimed films, Sans toit ni loi tells the moving story of a young woman who rejects society and civilisation so that she can pursue her dream of living entirely freely... [More...] | Emile Zola’a classic 1885 novel, Germinal, gets the Claude Berri treatment, and no expense is spared. In a typically lavish Berry blockbuster that cost over 30 million dollars (the most expensive film ever made... [More...] | After his monumental and hugely successful Cyrano de Bergerec, director Jean-Paul Rappeneau attempted an even more lavish super-production with his next film... [More...] |
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Le Bonheur est dans le pré (1995) Étienne Chatiliez |
Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001) Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
Un honnête commerçant (2002) Philippe Blasband |
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| Le Bonheur est dans le pré is curious blend of satire and black comedy which has its pleasures but also some frustrations. On the plus side, the performances from all the lead actors are constantly entertaining... [More...] | Le Fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain was the film which defined French cinema across the world in the year 2001. Not only was it the most successful film made in France that year... [More...] | Almost the antithesis of the modern crime thriller, Un honnête commerçant is an atypical Belgian film that gives a dark Kafkaesque twist to the familiar police procedural drama... [More...] |
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Folle embellie (2004) Dominique Cabrera |
Quand la mer monte... (2004) Yolande Moreau |
Bunker paradise (2005) Stefan Liberski |
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Quand la mer monte is a beguiling first film from the improbable directorial partnership of actress Yolande Moreau and cinematographer Gilles Porte... [More...] |
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Le Couperet (2005) Costa-Gavras |
Ze film (2005) Guy Jacques |
Enfermés dehors (2006) Albert Dupontel |
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| Costa-Gavras, renowned for an impressive series of political thriller-dramas in the ’70s and ’80s, makes a rare excursion into black comedy with this inspired adaptation of a popular novel by American writer... [More...] |
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Je m'appelle Elisabeth (2006) Jean-Pierre Améris |
Paris, je t'aime (2006) Olivier Assayas |
Une vieille maîtresse (2007) Catherine Breillat |
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| Films about childhood are usually hit and miss affairs, their success depending on how effectively they can engage our emotions and evoke memories of our own childhood experiences... [More...] |
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Catherine Breillat is no stranger to controversy. The director who shocked audiences with her overt portrayal of female sexuality and outrageously lurid sex scenes in a string of films that includes Une vraie jeune fille... [More...] |
