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La désenchantée / The Disenchanted (1990)
Drama | Romance
Seventeen-year-old Beth is just finishing school, and lives in Paris with her bedridden mother and younger brother. She is annoyed because her boyfriend suggested she try sleeping with other men – the uglier the better. Sugardad, a doctor who visits her mother, and supports them with occasional cheques, now has his eyes on Beth. Alphonse, an older man, intervenes when Beth's boyfriend is fighting with her on the banks of the Seine. When she visits Alphonse later, they end up discussing poetry.
Starring: Judith Godrèche, Marcel Bozonnet, Ivan Desny
Director: Benoît Jacquot
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Tags: Benoît Jacquot, Ivan Desny, Judith Godrèche, Marcel Bozonnet
Posted on October 21, 2015 |
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Journal d'une femme de chambre / Diary of a Chambermaid (2015)
Drama
In the early 1900s, in the French provinces. Célestine a beautiful and libertarian young woman, who has been hired as a chambermaid by the Lanlaires, arrives from Paris at the train station. Joseph, her masters' gruff gardener takes her to the house where she is to work. She is "welcomed" by Mr. Lanlaire who immediately starts fondling her. She then meets Mrs. Lanlaire, a very unpleasant woman with a class superiority. All this bodes ill for the future…
Starring: Léa Seydoux, Vincent Lindon, Clotilde Mollet, Hervé Pierre, Mélodie Valemberg
Director: Benoît Jacquot
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Tags: Benoît Jacquot, Clotilde Mollet, Hervé Pierre, Léa Seydoux, Mélodie Valemberg, Vincent Lindon
Posted on October 19, 2015 |
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3 coeurs / 3 Hearts (2014)
Drama | Romance
One night in a French provincial city, Marc meets Sylvie after missing his train back to Paris. They wander through the streets until morning, talking about everything except themselves, in rare, almost choreographed, harmony. Marc takes the first train back, and sets a date with Sylvie in Paris, a few days later. They know nothing about each other, but this is much more than a game. It’s the way it has to be. Sylvie keeps the date. Misfortune befalls Marc, and he cannot. He searches for her and ends up finding someone else. Sophie. He does not know that she is Sylvie’s sister. Marc and Sylvie meet again. Their unparalleled harmony still exists… but it is too late…
Starring: Benoît Poelvoorde, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, André Marcon, Patrick Mille
Director: Benoît Jacquot
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Tags: André Marcon, Benoît Jacquot, Benoît Poelvoorde, Catherine Deneuve, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Chiara Mastroianni, Patrick Mille
Posted on November 3, 2012 |
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Farewell, My Queen / Les adieux à la reine (2012)
Drama | History
A look at the relationship between Marie Antoinette and one of her readers during the first days of the French Revolution.
Starring: Diane Kruger, Léa Seydoux, Virginie Ledoyen, Xavier Beauvois, Noémie Lvovsky
Director: Benoît Jacquot
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Tags: Benoît Jacquot, Diane Kruger, Léa Seydoux, Noémie Lvovsky, Virginie Ledoyen, Xavier Beauvois
