One Fine Morning, 2022. Written & Directed by Mia Hansen-Løve. Starring Léa Seydoux, Melvil Poupaud, Pascal Greggory, and Nicole Garcia. SYNOPSIS: With a father suffering from neurodegenerative disease, a young woman lives with her eight-year-old daughter. While stuggling to secure a decent nursing home, she runs into a friend who although being in a relationship, […]
Sibling rivalry festers in dramatic trailer for Marion Cotillard’s Brother and Sister
With the 2022 Cannes Film Festival fast approaching, there’s plenty of reasons to get excited, one of which is the latest drama from French director Arnaud Desplechin (Ismael’s Ghosts, Deception), which stars Marion Cotillard (Rust and Bone) and Melvil Poupaud (Summer of 85) as the titular Brother and Sister, who haven’t spoken to one another […]
Movie Review – Summer of 85 (2020)
Summer of 85, 2020. Directed by François Ozon. Starring Félix Lefebvre, Benjamin Voisin, Philippine Velge, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Melvil Poupaud, and Isabelle Nanty. SYNOPSIS: In a small, seaside town on the Normandy coast, two teenage boys embark on a sun-soaked six weeks of friendship and romance. But tragedy ultimately brings it all crashing down. Like […]
Movie Review – By the Grace of God (2019)
By the Grace of God, 2019. Directed by François Ozon. Starring Melvil Poupaud, Denis Ménochet, and Swann Arlaud. SYNOPSIS: Alexandre lives with his wife and children in Lyon. One day he discovers by chance that the priest who abused him when he was a Boy Scout is still working with young people, and long repressed […]