Tag: Denis Pineau-Valencienne

Peaceful (De son vivant) | Review

The Big C Minus: Bercot Submerges Maudlin Disease Drama with Sentimentality Cancer isn’t the only element degrading the lives of those defined by it in...

Masquerade | 2022 Cannes Film Festival Review

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels: Bedos Takes the Grift Shift in French Riviera Crime Caper For a film opening with W. Somerset Maugham’s line, “The French Riviera...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #44. La bonne épouse – Martin Provost

La bonne épouse Initially an actor whose career began in the mid-1970s, France’s Martin Provost has become a notable director over the past decade, which...

Interview: Andréa Bescond & Eric Metayer – Little Tickles (Les chatouilles) | 2018 Cannes Film Festival

A creative collaboration that began in 2009 when Eric Métayer directed Andréa Bescond in her stage debut, the association proved fruitful as the pairing...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #79. Emmanuelle Bercot’s La tête haute

La tête haute Director: Emmanuelle Bercot // Writer: Emmanuelle Bercot, Marcia Romano Though initially an actress that appeared in films from Jean-Francois Richet and Benoit Jacquot (and more...

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La petite dernière (The Little Sister) | Review

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Interview: Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud – Persepolis

The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.