RENDEZ-VOUS WITH FRENCH CINEMA 2019: CONCLUDING COMMENTS.
A lot of the films seem to fall into either silly comedies or earnest social studies, with playful philosophical stories in between,...
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RENDEZ-VOUS WITH FRENCH CINEMA 2019: CONCLUDING COMMENTS.
A lot of the films seem to fall into either silly comedies or earnest social studies, with playful philosophical stories in between,...
PAUL SANCHEZ IS BACK!/PAUL SANCHEZ EST REVENU! (PatriciaMazuy 218)
Patricia Mazuy's cunning film about a hysterical imposter, with the emerging idol of the festival, Laurent Lafitte (of the...
MADEMOISELLE DE JONCQUIÈRES (Emmanuel Mouret 2018)
A film based on a story in Denis Diderot's Jacques the Fatalist, starring the popular French stars Édouard Baer and Cécile de France. Having...
SCHOOL'S OUT/L'HEURE DE LA SORTIE (Sébastien Marnier 2018)
As summer approaches a substitute (Laurent Lafitte) is brought in to teach literature to a small, very advanced class at a snooty,...
LES INVISIBLES (Louis-Julien Petit 2018)
And uplifting, hilarious, and over-the-top dramedy about the plight, and empowerment, of homeless women (saved by struggling social workers) in a grim,...
MAYA (Maya Hansen-Løve 201
One of the most anticipated and "name" films of the Rendez-Vous, it's eye candy thanks to the cinematographer Helène Louvart shooting on film and Super16, but a bit of...
SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS (Vergil Vernier 2018)
Though in the Rendez-Vous schedule this is a Film Comment Selects film. Not in the same vein, but in French.
Vernier makes edgy studies of urban anomie...
METEORITES (Romain Laguna 2018)
A sexual coming of age summer story with a strong lead and female point of view. A familiar genre, but fine filmmaking, revealing true talent. Striking visuals and...
Now or soon to be available: reviews of SOPHIA ANTIPODES, METEORITES, and MAYA.
For all 2019 Rendez-Vous with French Cinema reviews, go to the Filmleaf FESTIVAL COVERAGE THREAD.
Still to...
THE TIME OF THE PIRATES/SEUL LES PIRATES (Gaël Lepingle 2018)
A community theater director in the Loire Valley refuses to accept relocation. This episodic film has interesting characters and...
IN SAFE HANDS/PUPILLE (Jeanne Herry 2018)
The French have their own special humane and safe system for offering newborns anonymously for adoption. This film traces a specific baby ("Théo") along...
COINCOIN AND THE EXTRA-HUMANS/COINCOIN ET LES Z'INHUMAINS (Bruno Dumont 2018)
A second four-part miniseries from Dumont set in his special part of northeastern France near Calais. Many of the...
SINK OR SWIM/LE GRAND BAIN (Gilles Lellouche 2018)
A broad comedy with a brace of famous French movie actors, mostly male, playing an oddball group who get involved (Full Monty style)in a team of...
RAISING COLORS/VOLONTAIRE (Helène Fillières 2018)
An educated young woman from a liberal Paris family chooses to take a secretarial job in the French navy, and winds up enamored of her much older...
OPENING NIGHT FILM: Thurs. 28 Feb. 2019
THE TROUBLE WITH YOU/EN LIBERTÉ! (Pierre Salvadori 2018)
Boisterous French police comedy (with some violence), Hollywood (with a love of Lubitsch)...
AMANDA (Michaël Hers 2018).
About a young man left to take care of his small niece when his sister is killed in a Paris terrorist attack, starring Vincent Lacoste in another role where he...
First Filmleaf reviews of films in the 2019 Rendez-Vous with French Cinema:
THE TRUK/L'ENKAS (Sarah Marx 2018)
This no-nonsense, intensely-focused first film about a young early released...
Starting the FESTIVAL COVERAGE review thread HERE. (But reviews won't begin till the end of the month.)
Some advance comments on the 2019 New York Rendez-Vous.
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Daughters of the Sun/Filles du soleil
Mademoiselle de Joncquères Emmanuel Mouret
It was...
The 2019 Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, Feb. 28 - Mar. 10, 2019
FILMLEAF FESTIVAL COVERAGE THREAD
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VINCENT LACOSTE in The Freshmen / Première année
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