The fifth of Rohmer’s six Moral Tales closely parallels the preceding tale Ma
nuit chez Maud as it portrays a man who is betrothed to one woman but is tempted by
another... [More...]
Eric Rohmer’s second historical film (after Die Marquise von O…) is his most provocative
and uncharacteristic work to date. It is based on a Twelfth century poem by the
French writer Chrétien de Troyes... [More...]
The true story of Violette Nozière provided director Claude
Chabrol with ample material for him to explore his pet themes of
bourgeois repression and the psychology of a murderer... [More...]
The first in Eric Rohmer’s series Comédies et proverbes is this enchanting
portrait of love, jealousy and suspicion. As in most of Rohmer’s works... [More...]
He who has two women loses his soul. He who has two houses loses his mind. This
is the proverb around which the fourth film in Eric Rohmer’s series of Comédies
et proverbes is based... [More...]
Having completed his film cycle Comédies et proverbes and before starting
his next cycle Contes des quatres saisons, Eric Rohmer wrote and directed this
enchanting film which comprises four modern parables about... [More...]
Christian Vincent won critical acclaim for this, his first full-length film, which takes
a subtle and intensely ironic look at the psychology and politics of the male-female relationship... [More...]
Based on a controversial 1948 novel by the eminent writer Marcel
Aymé, Uranus exposes
some unpalatable truths about France’s experiences under Nazi
Occupation... [More...]
A very topical film, Rohmer’s satire of some of the absurdities of French regional politics
is very witty and surprisingly fresh. The notion that a mayor can find it easier
to obtain funding for a grotesque white... [More...]
This is a fine costume drama which explores the corruptness and nobility of the human
soul in the artificial and ruthless world of early nineteenth century social etiquette... [More...]
Based on a play by the eminent French film director Sacha Guitry (which was never
performed), this film offers some fascinating insights into one of the most enigmatic
and influential of French historical figures.
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This is an action-packed two hours of swash-buckling adventure of the Three Musketeers
kind in which French cinema has revelled and excelled for decades... [More...]
In common with many of Benoit Jacquot’s films, Pas de scandale is an intensely
sombre character study centred around one person experiencing a mid-life crisis... [More...]
This brilliantly scripted romantic comedy makes a perfect vehicle for Fabrice Luchini,
for one of France’s most cultivated and eloquent actors... [More...]
Mirth on the Orient Express? It may not be the most original or intelligent
of French comedies in recent years, but it’s hard to deny that Barnie
et ses petites contrariétés is a very funny film... [More...]
