SIDONIE IN JAPAN Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Elise Girard Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Tsuyoshi Ihara, August Diehl. Sidonie Perceval (played by iconic French actress Isabelle Huppert) is a widowed author, who has not written anything since the death of her husband Antoine and has instead been living a reclusive lifestyle. She is drawn out of her isolation when she travels to Japan for a book tour to …
THE SITTING DUCK.
THE SITTING DUCK Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Jean-Paul Salome Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Gregory Gadebois, Yvan Attal, Marina Fois, Christoph Paou, Bernard Gabay, Pierre Delandochamps, Francois-Xavier Demaison, Gilles Cohen, Mara Tarquin, Christian Hecq. This tense political thriller from director Jean-Paul Salome (Arsene Lupin, etc) proves once again that fact is often stranger than …
CARAVAGGIO’S SHADOW
Caravaggio's Shadow Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Michele Placido Stars: Riccardo Scamarcio, Louis Garrel, Isabelle Huppert, Tedua, Brenno Placido, Michele Placido, Maurizio Donadoni, Micaela Romazzotti, Lolita Chammah, Gianfranco Gallo, Vinicio Marchioni, Alessandro Haber, Moni Ovadia. Caravaggio's Shadow, a lavish Italian/French co-production from actor turned director Michele Placido looks at the …
MRS HARRIS GOES TO PARIS
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Anthony Fabian Stars: Lesley Manville, Isabelle Huppert, Lambert Wilson, Lucas Bravo, Jason Isaacs, Alba Baptista, Anna Chancellor, Ellen Thomas, Christian McKay, Bertrand Poncet, Philippe Bertin, Roxane Duran. This charming and old-fashioned little film is the third adaptation of the 1958 novel written by Paul Gallico (best known for The Poseidon Adventure) - a one-hour tv …
HAPPY END
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Michael Haneke Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Mathieu Kassovitz, Franz Rogowski, Fantine Harduin, Toby Jones. Another typically downbeat, disturbing and grim drama from the misanthropic Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke (The White Ribbon, Funny Games, Amour, etc). Set in the coastal town of Calais, the film follows the affluent but dysfunctional Laurent …
THINGS TO COME
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Mia Hansen-Love Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Andre Marcon, Roman Kolinka, Edith Scob. The fifth feature film from French filmmaker Mia Hansen-Love (Father Of My Children, etc), Things To Come is a deeply personal and subtle slice of life drama about a woman caught up in something of a midlife crisis. The film explores some rich and resonant themes about love, loss, …
