The films of
Isabelle Huppert
César et Rosalie (1972)
Claude Sautet
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Les Valseuses (1974)
Bertrand Blier
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Dupont-Lajoie (1975)
Yves Boisset
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With its memorable dream-like photography and impassioned acting performances, César
et Rosalie – quite possibly Claude Sautet’s best film... [More...]
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Not only is this Bertrand Blier’s first major film; it is also the film which propelled
actor Gérard Depardieu to stardom. Although the film has its strengths –
mainly some very funny comic situations... [More...]
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In one of the earliest of his political thrillers, director Yves Boisset broached the
controversial subject of racism – not just its banality in society in general but
also its malign influence on police procedure... [More...]
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Violette Nozière (1978)
Claude Chabrol
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Les Soeurs Brontë (1979)
André Téchiné
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Loulou (1980)
Maurice Pialat
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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...]
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André Téchiné directs this intensely sombre portrait of the famous
Brontë sisters with a love of his subject and an acute artistic vision... [More...]
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This film is a satire of modern living and explores the relative merits of prosperity
and the freedom that unemployment can bring. Pialat argues that having a good job
and a nice home is no substitute for a fulfilling... [More...]
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Coup de torchon (1981)
Bertrand Tavernier
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Eaux profondes (1981)
Michel Deville
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Passion (1982)
Jean-Luc Godard
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In common with many of Tavernier’s films, Coup de Torchon is a multi-layered film
which, whilst distinctly unsettling, seems to have a strong underlying message... [More...]
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Although somewhat marred by its jarring excesses (particularly the overuse of music to
create and emphasise mood), Eaux profondes is a respectable adaptation of a Patricia
Highsmith novel... [More...]
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Depending on your predisposition towards Jean-Luc Godard, or your stamina, this is either
an intriguing development of Godard’s art form, challenging the fundamentals of film making... [More...]
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Coup de foudre (1983)
Diane Kurys
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La Femme de mon pote (1983)
Bertrand Blier
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Une affaire de femmes (1988)
Claude Chabrol
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With two formidable actresses in the leading roles and a female director, Coup de foudre
is a rare French film with a distinctly feminine perspective... [More...]
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The ménage-à-trois situation is a recurring theme in director Bertrand Blier’s
deliciously subversive filmography and it is always interesting to compare the different
way he approaches the subject... [More...]
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This is another fine film from one of France’s most popular and prolific directors, Claude
Chabrol. It is a film that has the mood and feel of the deceptively simple thrillers
for which Chabrol is better known... [More...]
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Madame Bovary (1991)
Claude Chabrol
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Après l'amour (1992)
Diane Kurys
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La Séparation (1994)
Christian Vincent
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At two and a half hours in length, this film is a detailed and faithful adaptation of
Flaubert’s masterpiece of the same title. It captures the intimacy of that great
work as well as enacting the grand set pieces... [More...]
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In one of her better films, Diane Kurys paints a vivid and rather
moving portrait of mid-life crisis – as experienced by the generation
that... [More...]
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This is a melancholic and exquisitely perceptive analysis of the disintegration of a relationship.
The film manages to evoke – without histrionics or sentimentality... [More...]
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