Paris-Tehran. A rootless love story between Gecko, young and free, and Anahita, an Iranian in exile – tangled up in History and steeped in Internet. Anahita is obsessed by the current event in her country, and little by little their story is contaminated by History and its breathless mediatisation on the Internet.Read More »
Follows Pierre-Joseph, a student of horticulture, whose intercourse with his mentors and botany teacher leads to an original fusion of science, sex, and meditation.Read More »
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Ninon (Rosette) and Vincent (Emmanuel Salinger), two draughtsmen crunchy Parisian tourists, intersect and intertwine in the CapitalRead More »
A 2008 French language short film directed by Annie Balkarash. The film screened at Bilbao International Festival of Documentary and Short Films in 2022.Read More »
Agnès Varda has become a source of inspiration for a whole new generation of young filmmakers. For the first time ever, this documentary provides a counter-shot through interviews and previously unseen archives materials.Read More »
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Abbas Kiarostami’s Certified Copy doesn’t defy you to understand it, and yet it feels almost inappropriate, tasteless even, to do so—as if you were eavesdropping on a private conversation. This resplendently heady yet nimble essay film is effervescently structured around a man and woman’s thoughts about art, life, landscape, and love. The man, James Miller (William Shimell), is an author, in Tuscany to tout his new book, Certified Copy; his female companion and guide, “She” (Juliette Bionche), a fan, maybe even his wife, sells art both real and forged from an underground storefront that suggests a portal into Italy’s ancient past. Their flair for self-reflection matches the film’s own: From coyness to resentment, the voluptuously see-sawing tenor of their conversations becomes a commentary on the entwined relationship between art and life—how a painting or movie, like a kiss or a touch, can either woo us or repulse us depending on the perspective.Read More »
Jeanne Bécu, was born as the illegitimate daughter of an impoverished seamstress in 1743 and being a young working-class woman, she was hungry for culture and pleasure, accordingly used her intelligence and allure to rise step by step to the highest levels of society. She became the favourite of King Louis XV who regained through her his appetite for life and fell madly in love. They went to the extreme on the verge of their love to each other and, against all propriety, etiquette and convention, Jeanne moves to Versailles where her relationship with the king scandalizes the Court. Afterwards, she, by the verdict of the Court, became his last official mistress.Read More »
A woman pushes a man. They argue. Later, in the station corridors, the two strangers awkwardly make love in a photo booth. Finally, on the surface, they say goodbye.Read More »
Helene Regnier’s husband Charles, who is mentally ill, injures their son Michel in a rage. Charles moves back in with his wealthy and manipulative parents, who blame Helene for their son’s condition and vow to win custody of Michel. While the boy is in hospital, Helene rents a room in a boarding house nearby. The Regniers hire Paul Thomas, a family acquaintance who needs money, to find dirt on Helene before the court hearing on custody. Paul moves into the boarding house and, with the help of his girlfriend Sonia, who rarely wears clothes, plots to ruin Helene’s reputation and then her very life.Read More »