Showing posts with label France. Show all posts
Showing posts with label France. Show all posts

August 8, 2024

Borgo (2024) ***

Realistic French drama set in a Corsican prison.

L'Amour ouf (2024) ***

Directed by Gilles Lellouche, a violent gangster drama starring Adèle Exarchopoulos.

Monsieur Aznavour (2024) ***

Conventional, but impressive, musical biopic about the legendary French singer. Great songs.

Misericorde (2024) ***

A very unusual drama about a murder in a small village in the south of France.

Le Comte de Monte-Cristo (2024) ***

It's not a faithful adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' famous novel, but it's still a very impressive film.

La Plus precieuse des marchandises (2024) ***

French animated film about the Holocaust.

Emilia Perez (2024) ***

Surprising French film set in Mexico, with a story straight out of a Latin American telenovela, stunning musical numbers, a powerful political message and superlative acting performances from Karla Sofia Gascon, Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldana and Adriana Paz (who all won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival).

Rabia (2024) ***

Shocking film about young girls joining ISIS to marry Islamic fighters in Syria. Based on a true story.

April 4, 2024

Beurk (2024) ***

Oscar-nominated French cartoon about little kids disgusted by adults kissing on the camping site.

August 8, 2023

Coup de chance (2023) ***

Yannick (2023) ***

Le Procès Goldman (2023) ***


Anatomie d'une chute (2023) ***

Jeanne du Barry (2023) ***

L'Ete dernier (2023) ***

Quite similar to a recent Danish film "Queen Of Hearts" (2019). 

La Passion de Dodin Bouffant (2023) ***


A beautiful love letter to the French culinary artistry.

April 4, 2023

Pachyderme (2023) ***


Powerful cartoon about child abuse.

March 3, 2023

Colored (2023) ***

Aka: "Colored: The Unknown Life Of Claudette Colvin" and "Noire: la vie méconnue de Claudette Colvin". 32 minutes. A virtual reality film about a little known, 15-year-old heroine of the Civil Rights movement. A coproduction between France and Taiwan.

Mondes disparus (2023) ****