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‘Things happen when you trust’: exclusive interview with Clotilde Hesme
Clotilde Hesme talks to Francofille about her new film Angèle et Tony, feminism, family and her projects for the coming yearSome actors come alive in front of a camera but Clotilde Hesme is as luminous...
View Article75. Le dîner de cons (The dinner game) GUEST POST
Many thanks to Laura Bennett for writing the first-ever guest post for Francofille! Laura reviews a classic film from 1998:When Rachel and I agreed that I would write a guest review I was in no doubt...
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76. Café de Flore *PREVIEW*
Sometimes films – usually ones with a spiritual or fantastical dimension - confuse the hell out of me. Donnie Darko for example – what on earth was that about? I've seen it at least four times and...
View Article77. Baisers volés (Stolen kisses)
I've written before about how full of energy I find François Truffaut's work, and that was certainly the case with Baisers volés. His obvious love of film-making infuses his films with a real joie de...
View Article78. Coco avant Chanel (Coco before Chanel)
If Coco avant Chanel wasn't a true story, it might seem a bit clichéd or fantastical. A feisty young orphan goes from convent, to backstreet bars, to high society - the last thanks to her rich and...
View Article79. Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
This un-snappily named 2009 film has been referred to as a sequel to Coco avant Chanel, but with different directors, writers and actresses, the two biopics are in fact unconnected (and were made at...
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80. Un amour de jeunesse (Goodbye first love)
The first cut is the deepest... Un amour de jeunesse is apparently a semi-autobiographical film for director Mia Hansen-Løve, but the theme of first love and its raw power is virtually...
View Article81. Le refuge (The refuge / Hideaway)
I'm always interested in watching a François Ozon film, so it's lucky for me he's so prolific, making pretty much one a year. I didn't find Le refuge, a drama from 2009, to be one of his best efforts,...
View ArticleA perdre la raison - one to look out for
A perdre la raison (Our children) stars Tahar Rahim of Un prophète (A prophet) as a young husband and father in thrall to his wealthy adoptive father (Niels Arestrup, who also appeared in Un prophète)....
View Article82. Ma nuit chez Maud (My night with Maud)
Home alone on a Saturday night with only a bag of Bitsa Wispa for company, I felt an intellectual mood take me, and swapped my film choice for the evening from 35 shots of rum to Ma nuit chez Maud....
View ArticleJust watched Intouchables...
...what an amazing film.Will have to gather my thoughts before writing a review but here is the trailer with English subtitles:It's released in the UK in September 2012.
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83. Intouchables (Untouchable)
Released in late 2011 in France and finally making its way across the channel in September 2012, Intouchables has already grossed over $350million worldwide. But this isn't a big budget action flick,...
View Article84. Les femmes de l'ombre (Female agents)
I don't like war films. At all. I just can't get past the horror of it all in order to enjoy the action/romance/drama sequences, and as such I tend to avoid them like the plague. Les femmes de l'ombre,...
View ArticleOut this month in France...
...Camille Redouble. I usually enjoy French comedies and this one looks promising! Fingers crossed for a UK release.
View Article85. Polisse
'Hard hitting' may be overused almost as much as 'iconic', but if there's any movie that merits those words in a review, it's Polisse. Directed by actress/director Maïwenn, who also stars in the film...
View ArticleHenri 2: Paw de deux
Ok, this isn't strictly a French film, and it's only two minutes long, but it made me laugh and I thought some of you would appreciate it too. Happy viewing!
View Article86. La Cérémonie
Perhaps the most prolific of the Nouvelle Vague directors, Claude Chabrol directed some 60 films and several TV series during his long career, from the classic Le beau Serge in 1958 to his final film,...
View Article87. Rien ne va plus (The swindle)
My attraction to this film was twofold. First, it's written and directed by Claude Chabrol, a director I'm very much in the mood for at the moment (see below for my review of the taut, suspenseful La...
View Article88. Cléo de 5 à 7 (Cleo from 5 to 7)
Virtually every moment of Cléo de 5 à 7 is begging to be freeze framed. This black-and-white film is stylised, dramatic, philosophical, sensual... the quintessential Nouvelle Vague movie. It follows...
View Article89. White material
Director Claire Denis returns to the Africa of her childhood with White material, an unflinching look at civil war and its consequences in an unidentified Francophone country. The focus of the story is...
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