Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Stephane Briz Stars: Vincent Lindon, Karine de Mirbeck, Matthieu Schiller. "The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune." This quote is certainly an apt way to illustrate the title of this miserable dour, grim and relentlessly downbeat drama that screened at the French Film Festival earlier in the year. The film focuses on 51-year-old Thierry Taugourdeau …
MARGUERITE
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Xavier Giannoli Stars: Catherine Frot, Andre Marcon, Denis Mpunga, Michel Fau, Sylvain Dieuaide, Christa Theret, Aubert Fenoy, Theo Cholbi. Occasionally there are times when we get two films released dealing with similar themes or plot lines - we've had two Die Hard in the White House clones with Olympus Has Fallen and White House Down, two volcano films with Dante's Peak and …
27TH ALLIANCE FRANCAISE FILM FESTIVAL – interview with Emmanuelle Denavit-Feller
by GREG KING The 27th Alliance Francaise French Film Festival screens at Palace Cinemas here in Melbourne from March 2 until March 24. The opening night film Rosalie Blum and the closing night film Jean-Luc Godard's Contempt will screen at the iconic Astor Cinema. Greg spoke to festival curator Emmanuelle Denavit-Feller to find out more about some of the wide variety of films screening at this year's …
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