The approach of the paintings by Paul Delvaux is offered in the form of a discussion between the artist and a psychiatrist who asked about the content of his work. The document gives plenty of room for his paintings that illustrate the themes: the poetic climate, the loneliness of the characters, the naked woman, skeletons …
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Very rare documentary about writer and philosopher Maurice Blanchot, it’s based on the important book by Christophe Bident “Maurice Blanchot. Partenaire invisible” about the life and work of the author. Bident himself is present in the film as co-writer of the screenplay and as interviewed. Important philosophers and writers talk about Blanchot: Emmanuel Levinas, Jacques Derrida, Jean-Luc Nancy, Michel Surya, Roger Laporte, Louis-René des Forêts, Marguerite Duras, etc.Read More »
At an unusual private school for girls, new students, including young Iris (Zoé Auclair), show up in coffins. The establishment’s teachers, Mademoiselle Eva (Marion Cotillard) and Mademoiselle Edith (Hélène de Fougerolles), introduce Iris and her fellow pupils to the school’s curriculum, which includes fairy-like dances through a nearby forest. When night falls, the older girls, who are on the threshold of womanhood, are then given mysterious, life-changing lessons.
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Inspired by Russian writer Vladimir Slepian, “The Walking Man” chronicles the life of Viktor Atemian, a political refugee who comes to Paris and briefly becomes a celebrated writer in intellectual circles, a darling of the Paris literary scene.
A poetic meditation and Situationnist dérive, the film follows an uncompromising Atemian as he withdraws from the literary world and its idiosyncrasies. As time passes and success doesn’t return, he finds himself penniless, staying in cheap hotels to finally end up homeless.Read More »
Berg is a young stunt car driver who leaves his profession and starts working at a private security service.Read More »
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A bitter-sweet sentimental comedy. The friendship between two girls. Marie is Swiss, Filipa is a Portuguese origin. One is an eternal student. The other is getting married. After Marie’s love affair breaks up, Filipa suggests they spend a month together in Portugal in her family. A place full of peace as well as personal and cultural conflicts, happiness as well as grief, and chance encounters. A time in their lives when they have to make a choice. Sometimes it makes them giddy.Read More »
Legends of French cinema Catherine Deneuve and Juliette Binoche join masterful filmmaker Hirokazu Koreeda (Shoplifters, Still Walking) to paint a moving portrait of family dynamics in THE TRUTH. Fabienne (Catherine Deneuve) is an aging French movie star who, despite her momentary lapses in memory, remains a venerable force to be reckoned with. Upon the publication of her memoirs, her daughter Lumir (Juliette Binoche) returns to Paris from New York with her husband (Ethan Hawke) and their young daughter to commemorate its release. A sharp and funny battle of wits ensues between the mother-daughter duo, as Lumir takes issue with Fabienne’s rose-colored version of the past.Read More »
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In Paris, a young woman, Louise Haines Pearson, visits her disturbed friend Nena who tells her that she has just written a book on the history of a little girl troubled by her senses, perhaps because of the tyranny of his mother and the absence of her father. Louise recognizes the difficulties of this little girl, being herself deeply affected by the indifference of her husband.Read More »
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Films that explore mental illness, especially Hollywood productions such as The Snake Pit, The Three Faces of Eve and A Brilliant Mind, usually tend to be heavy on the histrionics providing highly dramatic showcases and Oscar award opportunities for actors. But a descent into madness isn’t always signaled by wildly disruptive or overwrought behavior from the afflicted. Sometimes the illness can creep up slowly by degrees and pass for something more fleeting and subtle that avoids detection during the early stages. Life Upside Down (La vie à l’envers), directed by Alain Jessua, is a remarkable example of this, presenting a man who goes quietly mad while interpreting his erratic behavior as a profound new self-awareness.Read More »