Téchiné’s second film is a curious mix of black comedy, romantic drama and
nostalgia, told in an unsettling inconsistent style. The film begins as what appears
to be a straightforward provincial romance... [More...]
Barocco is in essence a great film which has been savagely mutilated through a
combination of not entirely convincing acting and excessively self-conscious photography... [More...]
André Téchiné directs this intensely sombre portrait of the famous
Brontë sisters with a love of his subject and an acute artistic vision... [More...]
This is a very atmospheric film exploring the complex and strained relationship between
a sucessful, but traumatised middle-aged woman and an unfulfilled and emotionally unbalanced
man... [More...]
Rendez-vous is a dark yet powerful examination of love and sexual desire from the
point of view of three emotionally scarred young people. It is stunningly photographed
and boasts some fine acting... [More...]
It is debatable as to which is the least credible in this film – the plot or the singularly
odd characters which populate it. Neither stands up well to even a superficial analysis
and you are left with the feeling... [More...]
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...]
André Téchiné’s best film to date is this sensitive and compelling
coming of age drama set on the eve of Algeria’s independence from France... [More...]
With its bizarre construction (relying heavily on out-of-sequence flashbacks), Les
Voleurs appears more like an intellectual exercise than a conventional passive cinema
experience... [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...]
With its North African setting and harrowing sense of realism, Loin
makes a striking contrast with the kind of film for which director André
Téchiné is best known... [More...]
This engaging wartime drama from director André Téchiné is a fine
adaptation of the novel "Le Garçon aux yeux gris" Gilles Perrault... [More...]
French film icons Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu are reunited for their
sixth on-screen romantic liaison in this moody drama from director André Téchiné... [More...]
