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RENDEZ-VOUS WITH FRENCH CINEMA 2019: COMMENTS.

A lot of the films seem to fall into either silly comedies or earnest social studies, with playful philosophical stories in between, which may also...

GILLES LELOUCHE: SINK OR SWIM/LE GRAND BAIN (2018)

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Desperate pleasures

Gilles Lelouche's movie Sink or Swim is a bold, crazy, satisfying tale and...

PATRICIA MAZUY: PAUL SANCHEZ IS BACK!/PAUL SANCHEZ EST REVENU! (2018)

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ZITA HANROT AND LAURENT LAFITTE IN PAUL SANCHEZ IS BACK!

In search of an...

SEBASTIEN MARNIER: SCHOOL'S OUT/L'HEURE DE LA SORTIE (2018)

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LAURENT LAFITTE, LEFT, IN SCHOOL'S OUT/L'HEURE DE LA SORTIE

Class of nowhere

You may...

THOMAS LILTI: THE FRESHMAN/PREMIÈRE ANNÉE (2018)

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VINCENT LACOSTE, WILLIAM LEBGHIL IN THE FRESHMAN

A cruel system and a fraught friendship

For the...

LOUIS-JULIEN PETIT: INVISIBLES/LES INVISIBLES (2018)

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AUDREY LAMY, CORINNE MASIERO, DÉBORAH LUKUMUENA, NOÉMI LVOVSKY ET AL. IN INVISIBLES

Vérité...

MICHAËL HERS: AMANDA (2018)

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VINCENT LACOSTE AND ISAURE MULTRIER IN AMANDA

A young man and his young niece cope with loss in a terrorist attack
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ROMAIN LAGUNA: METEORITES/LES MÉTÉORITES (2018)E

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ZÉA DUPREZ IN METEORITES

Sexual coming of age with visual flair and a strong lead

This beautiful...

MIA HANSEN-LØVE: MAYA (2018)

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AARSHEE BANERJEE AND ROMAN KOLINKA IN MAYA

A war correspondent, an ex-hostage released from Syria, spends time adrift in...

SARAH MARX: THE TRUK/L'ENKAS (2018)

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SANDOR FUNTEK IN THE TRUK/L'ENKAS

A tough life on the outside

Staying in prison would have been preferable for...

QUENTIN DUPIEUX: KEEP AN EYE OUT!/AU POSTE! (2018)

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GRÉGIRE LUDVIG, BENOÎT POELVOORDE IN AU POSTE!

Droll interrogation

A few years ago I reviewed...

GAËL LEPINGLE: THE TIME OF PIRATES/SEULS LES PIRATES (2018)

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DELPHINE CHUILLOT AND LUDOVIC DOUARE IN THE TIME OF PIRATES

A fight against relocation
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VERGIL VERNIER: SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS (2018)

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Improvisational anomie

About Vergil Vernier's debut featureMercuriales I was harsh: "Virgil Vernier works...

VALERIA BRUNI TEDESCHI: THE SUMMER HOUSE/LES ESTIVANTS (2018)

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RICARDO SCAMARCIO, VALERIA BRUNI TEDESCHI IN THE SUMMER HOUSE

A Valeria Bruni Tedeschi...

JEANNE HENRY: IN SAFE HANDS/PUPILLE (2018)

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ÉLODIE BOUCHEZ AND "THÉO" IN IN SAFE HANDS

France's anonymous adoption system for newborns dramatized
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EMMANUEL MOURET: THE ART OF SEDUCTION/MADEMOISELLE DE JONCQUIÈRES (2018)

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EDOUARD BAER AND CECILLE DE FRANCE IN MADEMOISELLE DE JONCQUIERES

An elegant...

JUDITH DAVIS: WHATEVER HAPPENED TO MY REVOLUTION/TOUT CE QU'IL ME RESTE DE LA RÉVOLUTION

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JUDITH DAVIS IN WHATEVER HAPPENED TO MY REVOLUTION

Old...

BRUNO DUMONT: COINCOIN AND THE EXTRA-HUMANS/COINCOIN ET LES Z'INHUMAINS (2018)

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LUCY CARON AND ALANE DELHAYE IN COINCOIN AND THE EXTRA-HUMANS

More life...

SOPHIE FILLIÈRES: WHEN MARGAUX MEETS MARGAUX/LA BELLE ET LA BELLE (2018)

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SANDRINE KIBERLAIN AND AGATHE BONITZER IN WHEN MARGAUX MEETS MARGAUX

A...

HELENE FILLIÈRES: RAISING COLORS/VOLONTAIRE (2018)

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DIANE ROUXEL AND LAMBERT WILSON IN RAISING COLORS

Tough little "meuf"

Raising Colors is a...

EVA HUSSON: GIRLS OF THE SUN/LES FILLES DU SOLEIL (2018)

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GOLDSHIFTSH CDHNI IN GIRLS OF THE SUN

Girls in danger

The 2019 New York Rendez-Vous with...

PIERRE SALVADORI: THE TROUBLE WITH YOU/EN LIBERTÉ! (2018)
OPENING NIGHT FILM

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DAMIEN BONNARD AND ADÈLE HAMEL IN THE TROUBLE WITH YOU

Classic...

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Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2019 (New York, Feb. 28-Mar. 10, 2019

Co-presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and UniFrance

GENERAL FILM...