This is a fascinating portrait of a woman – in fact, two women – who cannot live without
love. Director Claude Chabrol was clearly as much motivated by Flaubert’s Madame
Bovary (which he adapted for... [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...]
With nearly eight million spectators and very favourable film reviews, La Vérité
si je mens! 2 was by far the most successful French film comedy... [More...]
Marion Vernoux’s fourth film is this joyful romantic comedy in which the chaotic love
lives of four disparate characters are woven – with the skill of a master craftsman –
into a colourful slice of life... [More...]
Après la vie is one of three films directed
by Lucas Belvaux which make up a most unusual trilogy. The other two are:
Un couple épatant and
Cavale... [More...]
After Tonie Marshall’s previous cinematic offering, the witty and incisive
Vénus beauté (institut),
Au plus près du paradis comes as something
of a major disappointment... [More...]
Cavale is a masterfully composed film noir which
belongs to a trilogy of three films directed by Lucas Belvaux. The idea is that
the storylines of the three films run in parallel... [More...]
After the distinctly bizarre
L’Homme du train (2002), director Patrice
Leconte returns to more familiar territory with Confidences
trop intimes... [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...]
When it was first released in 2005, Angel-A
offered two high profile comebacks for the price of one. First
and foremost, it marked Luc Besson’s long-awaited return to directing
after a five year absence... [More...]
No prizes for spotting that the life and death of Diana Princess of
Wales was the main inspiration for this royal-themed send-up, the third
directorial offering from the multi-talented Valérie
Lemercier... [More...]
The latest film from Belgian director Lucas Belvaux is this surprisingly effective mélange
of film noir thriller, comedy and social drama – an unusual combination of genres if ever
there was one... [More...]
