French and French-language Films
Royal Madness: a fun cartoon on finding a new purpose in life
Mriganka Bhuyan, Romain Couderette, Eunbyeol Ko, Sean Lewis, Milan Salmona, Wenkai Wang, “Royal Madness” (2019)
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
Dejeuner sur l’herbe: a character study that skewers intellectual and religious arrogance
Jules Bourges, Jocelyn Charles, Nathan Harbonn Viaud, Pierre Rougemont,”Déjeuner sur l’herbe” (2019) A droll character
French and French-language Films
Protocole Sandwich: a likeable and subversive commentary on conformism, hysteria and denial in Western society
Valerie Bousquie, Josephine Meis, Antoine Vignon, Benjamin Warnitz, “Protocole Sandwich” (2019) This very likeable and
French and French-language Films
Dogs: a metaphor for the psychological and other effects of global war and violence
Mohammad Babakoohi, Jakob Bednarz, Benjamin Berrebi, Diego Cristofano, Théo Noble, Karlo Pavicic-Ravlic, Marthinus van Rooyen,
French and French-language Films
Out of Range: a study of character transformation through personal crisis and breakdown
Cécile Guillard, Lana Choukroune, Yijia Cao, “Out of Range” (2019) In the Gobelins animated universe,
French and French-language Films
Pour la France: emphasising the common humanity of two opposed sides in their potential for mutual understanding and violence
Vincent Chansard, “Pour la France” (2019) Set in Paris during the so-called La Semaine Sanglante
French and French-language Films
Hors Saison: a powerful character study of consequences arising from rash actions and interpersonal tensions
Nicolas Capitaine, Celine Desoutter, Lucas Durkheim, Leni Marotte, “Hors Saison / Out of Season” (2017)
French and French-language Films
In Orbit: a distinctive visual style in telling a rough story about survivor guilt
Soham Chakraborty, Hanxu Chen, M Joffily, Justin Polley, Julie Trouve, “In Orbit” (2019) Similar to
French and French-language Films
Blind Eye: a satirical poke in the eye at religious fanaticism, blind faith and priestly control
Bruno Cohen, Germaine Colajanni, Rohan Deshchougule, Ronit Kelkar, Isabella Littger de Pinho, Diego Porral, Yujia
French and French-language Films
Oasis: eco-SF fantasy on societies’ responses to new ideas and ideologies
Florencia Atra, Leonard Hicks, Man Luo, Claire Matz, Luana Nguyen, Marine Petri, “Oasis” (2019) Compared
