Although it is hardly groundbreaking material, La Boum
is one of those inconsequential French romantic comedies which you cannot help
falling for. The film was an enormous commercial success when it was released
in 1980... [More...]
At the time, Fort Saganne was the most expensive film to have been made in France.
A three hour long epic, with an star-studded cast – headed by living icons Gerard Dépardieu
and Catherine Deneuve... [More...]
Clearly not a film for the culturally minded, Joyeuses
Pâques is little more than a vehicle to allow its star actor, Jean-Paul Belmondo,
to indulge his penchant for action stunts and theatrical over-the-top acting... [More...]
Maurice Pialat’s most improbable film is this daring variation on the film noir
thriller genre, which strangely presages the tough post-noir thrillers of the 1990s... [More...]
After their successful collaboration on La Boum (1980) and La
Boum 2 (1982) debutante actress Sophie Marceau and director
Claude Pinoteau conspired to serve up yet another dollop of low calorie
entertainment for dewy... [More...]
This was never going to be as fast-moving and as action-packed as previous films in the
Three Musketeers mould – not with the leading protagonists now in their mid-fifties... [More...]
Je reste! marks something of a departure for
director Diane Kurys, a light-hearted satire of married life, contrasting with her earlier
realistic dramas... [More...]
