Film Fresh - France

Edy

maint — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:23:29 +0000

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In the world of insurance, Edy is one of the best, especially when it comes to helping some of his clients get their hands on their spouse's life insurance. But for some time, Edy's been losing the will to live. When he tries to end it all, fate deals him a strange hand: not only does he survive, but he finds himself stuck with a corpse. Edy's got just one solution. But once again, fate's laughing in his face.

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Fullscreen

http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117928749.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&p=0

Review quote:

"A compelling opening reel en route to a suspenseful tale with a satisfying share of surprises." -- Lisa Nesselson

Year:

2005

Length:

102min

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Delicatessen

maint — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:15:44 +0000

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From the director of AMELIE, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, comes a post-apocalyptic comedy that's both bitingly hilarious and absolutely one-of-a-kind. When meat becomes so rare that it is used as currency, residents living above a deli must depend on a menacingly strange butcher (Dreyfus) for their supply. But when a new talent (Pinon) arrives and takes a job as the building's handyman, he unknowingly steps into the butcher's trap... to serve him as the next meal!

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Film details

Format:

Widescreen

Awards – Won:

Best First Work, Best Writing - Original or Adaptation, Best Production Design, Best Editing, 1992 César Awards

Gold Award, 1991 Tokyo International Film Festival

http://www.salon.com/march97/shreve970321.html

Review quote:

"Each camera shot is a carefully composed masterpiece that immerses the viewer in a realm of luxuriant imagination." -- Jenn Shreve, SALON.COM

Year:

1991

Length:

100min

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And Now Ladies & Gentlemen

maint — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:53:32 +0000

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A thief (Irons) is on the run from a life of crime. A nightclub singer (Kaas) hopes to escape from the blues of heartache. Two lost souls have become fugitives from the past... but now, fate is about to bring them together in the unfolding present. Halfway around the world, in a mysterious and enchanted village, they each seek a way to literally save their endangered lives, while discovering a love that will radically change them.

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Film details

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/08/22/DD296458.DTL

Review quote:

"It's silly the way hope, optimism and love are silly: silly and rather wonderful." -- Mick LaSalle, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

Year:

2003

Length:

128min

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The Story of Marie and Julien

maint — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:10:34 +0000

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Julien dreams of a woman, and minutes later, meets her on the street. Soon she moves in with him, keeping her past a complete mystery.

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Film details

Format:

Widescreen

Awards – Nominated:

Golden Seashell, 2003 San Sebastián International Film Festival.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/reviews/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1...

Review quote:

An audacious metaphysical drama -- Kirk Honeycutt, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER.

Year:

2003

Length:

150min

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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

maint — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:10:33 +0000

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It is 1957 in Cherbourg, France. 16-year-old Geneviève Emery is in love with a car mechanic named Guy, much to her mother's disapproval. But when Guy is sent off to fight in Algeria, another suitor enters the picture, a wealthy diamond seller named Roland, whom Geneviève's mother thinks is a much better choice for her daughter.

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Film details

Format:

Widescreen

Awards – Nominated:

Best Writing, Best Music, 1966 Academy Awards

Awards – Won:

Golden Palm, OCIC Award, 1964 Cannes Film Festival

http://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s1168para.html

Review quote:

"It is remembered as a bold original experiment, and now that it is restored and back in circulation, it can also be remembered as a surprisingly effective film, touching and knowing and, like Deneuve, ageless." -- Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

Year:

1964

Length:

92min

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The Romance of Astrea and Celadon

maint — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:10:28 +0000

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In an enchanted, mythical forest, Astrea and Celadon, two star-crossed lovers, are kept apart by their feuding families in this fairytale-styled romance. Surrounded by rivals, nymphs and druids, the two must overcome jealousy, temptations and otherworldly obstacles to keep their passion alive.

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Film details

Format:

Widescreen

Awards – Nominated:

Golden Lion, 2007 Venice Film Festival

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/27/DDVD11EUJQ.DTL#flick

Review quote:

"Rohmer builds within the audience an intense desire for Astrea and Celadon to be happily reunited - though how he does it is the mystery of his art." -- Mick LaSalle, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

Year:

2007

Length:

108min

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Violette

maint — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:10:25 +0000

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Violette (Huppert, early in her career) is a respectable girl from a middle-class family who turns to questionable men, and even more questionable crimes.

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Film details

Format:

Widescreen

Awards – Nominated:

Golden Palm, 1978 Cannes Film Festival

Awards – Won:

Best Actress (Huppert), 1978 Cannes Film Festival

Best Supporting Actress (Audran), 1979 César Awards

http://movies2.nytimes.com/mem/movies/review.html?_r=1&title1=&title2=VIOLETTE%2...

Review quote:

"A combination of stunning artistry and brute suspense that never relaxes its grip until the final frame." -- Hilton Kramer, NEW YORK TIMES

Year:

1978

Length:

123min

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Madame Bovary

maint — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:10:24 +0000

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Claude Chabrol's lifelong interest in the psychological lives of women finds a perfect vehicle in Gustave Flaubert's 1856 novel, MADAME BOVARY. Isabelle Hupert, Chabrol's frequent collaborator and muse, brings a detached and icy intensity to her portrayal of Emma, an ambitious farmer's daughter suffocated by her own life. When Emma meets meek country doctor Charles Bovary (Balmer), she sees a ticket out of her meager existence. However, the lure of marriage and motherhood is short-lived, and soon Emma senses a new set of ever-encroaching snares and limits preventing her from fulfilling the fanciful destiny she constructs for herself out of her own desires and the romance novels that fuel them. When her outlets of novels and the odd ball at the local château cease to satisfy Emma's ravenous hunger for passion and luxury, she takes matters into her own hands, embarking on a double life of domesticity and adultery. Chabrol injects the film with his patented dark humor while remaining faithful to Flaubert's stinging depiction of the narrow world of 19th-century provincial life and its clash with female desires as fleshed out by the tragic figure of Huppert's immensely complicated but very real Emma.

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Film details

Format:

Widescreen

Awards – Nominated:

Best Foreign Language Film, 1992 Golden Globes

Awards – Won:

Best Actress (Huppert), 1991 Moscow International Film Festival

http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/5948991/review/5948992/madame_bovary

Review quote:

"Ranks among the year's best and most provocative films." -- Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE

Year:

1991

Length:

140min

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Water Lilies

maint — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:10:22 +0000

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During a summer in Paris, a love triangle develops between three girls in this provocative and perceptive portrait of teen angst and nascent sexuality. The awkward Anne, the bad girl Floriane and the gawky Marie play an intense game of emotional chess as they wrestle with love, friendship and their desire for one another.

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Film details

Format:

Widescreen

Awards – Nominated:

Best First Work, Most Promising Actress (Blachère, Haenel), 2008 César Awards

Awards – Won:

Best First Film, 2007 Prix Louis Delluc

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/11/DDGQ11LERK.DTL

Review quote:

"[Sciamma's] point of view is fresh, and her control is mature." -- Mick LaSalle, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

Year:

2007

Length:

86min

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The Pornographer

maint — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:10:21 +0000

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A veteran director of pornography come out of retirement to direct once again, finding the industry he used to know has changed quite a bit.

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Film details

Format:

Widescreen

Awards – Won:

FIPRESCI Prize, 2001 Cannes Film Festival

http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2002/04/09/the_pornographer_2002_review.shtml

Review quote:

"A cool, thoughtful character study, in which pornography can be read as a metaphor for the practice of film-making." -- Tom Dawson, BBC ONLINE

Year:

2001

Length:

106min

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