French and French-language Films
Mon Crime: screwball comedy is a sly satire on male privilege and how societies deal with uncomfortable issues and truth
François Ozon, “Mon Crime / The Crime is Mine” (2023) On the surface, “Mon Crime”
Category: French and French-language Films
Reviews of films from France and French-language films from Belgium and Switzerland. At this stage, I’m not sure if there’ll be many French-language films from African and other countries coming within my orbit – probably I’ll create a separate category for them and call it French-language Films from outside Europe, or something hopefully more succinct and graceful!
French and French-language Films
Un Beau Matin: a realist meditation on mortality, memory, loss and the love and beauty that endure
Mia Hansen-Løve, “Un Beau Matin” / “One Fine Morning” (2022) One fine morning in Paris
French and French-language Films
Saint Omer: dry legal drama on dysfunctional parent-child relationships and the struggles of migrants in an alien culture
Alice Diop, “Saint Omer” (2022) At first presenting as a dry courtroom drama cum psychological
Eastern European Films | French and French-language Films | Italian and Italian-language Films
EO: a donkey’s odyssey through the kindness (or not) of strangers
Jerzy Skolimowski, “EO” (2022) Inspired by Robert Bresson’s 1966 film “Au hasard Balthazar”, this Polish
French and French-language Films
L’Innocent: romantic comedy / heist plot of the extremes people will risk for love
Louis Garrel, “L’Innocent” (2022) A very clever comedy combining romance and a heist plot, “L’Innocent”
French and French-language Films | North American Films
Clash of two codes of honour and loyalty in “Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai”
Jim Jarmusch, “Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai” (1999) Even after twenty years, this
British Films | French and French-language Films | German and German-language Films | Northern European Films
Triangle of Sadness: a perilous navigation through class warfare, power struggles and a plot that falls apart
Ruben Östlund, “Triangle of Sadness” (2022) Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale,
French and French-language Films
The Egypt Code Breakers: a fascinating documentary on the deciphering of Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics
Jacques Plaisant, “The Egypt Code Breakers” (2022) A fascinating tale in itself, told in a
French and French-language Films
Becoming Marilyn (2021): a fantasy of what Marilyn Monroe might have been
Michèle Dominici, “Becoming Marilyn ” (2021) Billed by production company Arte Distribution as a “unique
French and French-language Films
Résistance: an allegory of rebellion against a police state regime
Alex Chauvet, Anna Le Danois, Quentin Foulon, Fabien Glasse, Juliette Jean, Julie Narat, “Résistance” (2016)
