This is a quaint film, in the mould of the New Wave in which director Jacques Demy was
to thrive. The film has a flowing, almost lyrical quality, which is a pleasure to
watch... [More...]
Jacques Demy followed his first full length-film, Lola
(1961) with this comparatively anodyne tale of love and obsession in the gambling
halls of Nice... [More...]
Jacques Demy’s most famous film, Les parapluies de Cherbourg is one of the most
beautiful, and captivating romantic films ever made, a monument to ruined happiness and
devastated hopes... [More...]
The film musical has enjoyed an enduring popularity in American cinema, certainly until
the late 1960s, but has been less well represented in European cinema... [More...]
Generally, fairy tales and live action cinema are two things which are best kept well
apart, the marriage of the two being something which few would ever want to experience
whilst stone-cold sober and without the comforting... [More...]
What began as a private joke between Jacques Demy and his wife Agnès Varda about
the prospect of men giving birth ended as this sweet-natured role-reversal comedy starring
real-life lovers Catherine Deneuve and... [More...]
Lady Oscar is a little known work directed by one of France’s most influential
film directors, Jacques Demy. It was commissioned by a Japenese production company
and is based on a hugely popular Japanese strip-cartoon... [More...]
Genial ce film !!! Chante du debut a la fin, il m’a beaucoup emu je l’ai vu dix fois.
J’adore deja les comedies musicales mais tout le temps chante encore plus genial !!!
Dans la meme veine que les parapluies... [More...]
