August 8, 2013

La Vie domestique (2013) **

A day in the lives of suburban housewives in France.

Puppylove (2013) ***

Quai d'Orsay (2013) **

Inspired by Dominique de Villepin's tenure as the Foreign Affairs Minister of France, it's a comic behind-the-scenes look at diplomacy and public relations.

Paulette (2013) **

"Tatie Danielle" meets "Weeds".

Alceste a bicyclette (2013) **

French film starring Fabrice Luchini.

La Religieuse (2013) ***

Cyanure (2013) ***


Violette (2013) ***

La Vénus à la fourrure (2013) ***

Suzanne (2013) ***

Renoir (2013) ***


Jeune et jolie (2013) ***

Les Interdits (2013) ***

L'Inconnu du lac (2013) ***

Les Garçons et Guillaume, à table (2013) ***

Elle s'en va (2013) ***

L'Ecume des jours (2013) ***

Casse-tete chinois (2013) ***

L'Amour est un crime parfait (2013) ***

Jappeloup l'étoffe d'un champion (2013) *

Boring film about horse racing.

Avant l'hiver (2013) **

French drama starring Kristin Scott Thomas as a wife suspecting her husband (Daniel Auteuil) of infidelity. An effective twist ending, but otherwise a curiously under-dramatized film.

9 mois ferme (2013) *

Ridiculous French comedy about a judge knocked up by a petty thief accused of murder and cannibalism.

Michael Kohlhaas (2013) **

Les Beaux jours (2013) **

Au bout du conte (2013) *

Boring romantic comedy inspired by Cinderella and other fairy tales.

Jimmy P. (Psychothérapie d’un indien des plaines) (2013) **

Interesting film about a relationship between a French antropologist and psychiatrist and his Native American patient.