Mathilda May

  • Claude Chabrol – Le cri du hibou AKA The Cry of the Owl (1987)

    1981-1990Claude ChabrolDramaFranceThriller

    After separation from his wife Robert moves to Vichy where he observes beautiful Juliette. Her fiance Patrick becomes jealous and attacks Robert. When Patrick disappears Robert is suspected to have killed him.Read More »

  • Ian Pringle – Isabelle Eberhardt (1991)

    1991-2000AustraliaDramaIan Pringle

    “Together with his collaborator, (prominent Australian playwright) Stephen Sewell, Ian Pringle has wisely chosen to avoid the restrictive confines of a birth-to-death biography. They have instead fashioned an involving interior drama, focusing on the final four years of Isabelle Eberhardt’s turbulent existence. This is the period when Isabelle (Mathilda May) returns to North Africa, ostensibly to track down a missing right-wing eccentric, the Marquis de Moyes. Eberhardt operates as a kind of free-roving desert correspondent, outraging authorities both with her published accounts exposing the corruption of the French militia, and also with her rebellious behaviour as an independent, self-styled woman in an exclusively male domain.Read More »

  • Bigas Luna – La teta y la luna AKA The Tit and the Moon (1994)

    1991-2000Bigas LunaComedyDramaSpain

    Synopsis:
    This Spanish/French film presents a loving ode to a woman’s breasts and the three men who love them. The fairy tale is told from the viewpoint of 9-year old Tete, who jealous of his new brother’s access to his mother’s breasts, implores the moon to give him a nurturing breast of his own. French cabaret performers Estrellita, the Queen of Stuttgart, and her jealous husband Maurice, come to town with their surprisingly vulgar act. When Tete sees Estrellita, he knows his wish has been granted. Trailer-park electrician Miquel is also very attracted to Estrellita’s charming chest and begins serenade her. Tete gets to sample her charms after he brings her a frog.Read More »

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