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XAVIER GIANNOLI: LOST ILLUSIONS (2021)

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BENJAMIN VOISIN, VINCENT LACOSTE IN LOST ILLUSIONS

Great expectations, then downfall, à la Balzac, updated
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FRANÇOIS OZON: EVERYTHING WENT FINE/TOUT C'EST BIEN PASSÉ (2021)

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SOPHIE MARCEAU, ANDRE DUSOLLIER IN EVERYTING WENT FINE

Portrait of a handful on the...

CLAIRE DENIS: FIRE/AVEC AMOUR ET ACHARNEMENT (2022

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GRÉGOIRE COLIN, JULIETTE BINOCHE IN FIRE

Messy love

Also known as Both Sides of the Blade, this...

CÉDRIC KLAPISCH: RISE/EN CORPS (2022)

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MARION BARBEAU IN RISE

An up-and-coming ballet star gets injured and saves her career by switching from classical...

JACQUES AUDIARD: PARIS, 13TH DISTRICT 13/LES OLYMPIADES, PARIS 13e (2021)

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LUCIE ZHANG, MAKITA SAMBA IN PARIS, 13TH DISTRICT

Émilie meets Camille who...

MATTHIEU AMALRIC: HOLD ME TIGHT/SERREE MOI FORT (2021)

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VICKY KRIEPS IN HOLD ME TIGHT

This melodrama is a showcase of editing tricks

SPOILER ALERT:...

AXELLLE ROPERT: PETITE SOLANGE (2021)

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JADE SPRINGER IN PETITE SOLANGE

Ropert's drama of a teen's sufferings from her parents' divorce is a misfire ...

CONSTANCE MEYER: ROBUST/ROBUSTE (2021)

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DÉBORAH LUKUMUENA IN ROBUST

Waltz of sleepy titans

The obvious appeal of Constance Meyer's debut feature is...

AURÉLIA GEORGES: SECRET NAME/LA PLACE D'UNE AUTRE (2021)

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LYYNA KHOUDRI AND SABINE AZEMA IN SECRET NAME

Fond deception

Drawn from Wilkie Collins...

CHRISTOPHE HONORÉ: GUERMANTES (2021)

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Between the scenes of a play that. . . almost wasn't?

Though this film has been a bit better received by the...

VINCENT MAËL CARDONA: MAGNETIC BEATS/LES MAGNETIQUES (2021)

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THIMOTEE ROBART IN MAGNETIC BEATS

The boom of youth

In this engaging film Philippe...

ANTOINE BARRAUD: MADELEINE COLLINS (2021)

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QUIM GUTIERREZ AND VIRGINIE EFIRA IN MADELEINE COLLINS

The excitement of living crazy

Antoine Barrau's...

RACHEL LANG: OUR MEN/MON LÉGIONNAIRE (2020)

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INA MARIJA BARTAITÉ IN OUR MEN/LÉGIONNAIRE *

TRAILER (FRENCH)

A woman's gaze on professional military...

VINCENT LE PORT: BRUNO REIDAL: CONFESSIONS OF A MURDERER/BRUNO REIDAL 2021)

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DIMITRI DORÉ IN BRUNO REIDAL

TRAILER

Poetry of madness

There is...

The 2022 Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, March 3-13, 2022

GENERAL FILM FORUM THREAD

LINKS TO THE REVIEWS:
Anaïs in Love/Les Amours d'Anaïs (Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet 2021)...