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”
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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
British Films | French and French-language Films
The Father: a good if generic character study of the impact of dementia on its victims and their families
Florian Zeller, “The Father” (2020) Detailing an elderly father’s deterioration from dementia, and the effects
