Azor, 2021.Written and directed by Andreas Fontana. Starring Fabrizio Rongione, Stéphanie Cléau, and Carmen Iriondo.SYNOPSIS:Yvan De Wiel, a private banker from Geneva, goes to Argentina in the midst of a dictatorship to replace his partner, the object of the most worrying rumours, who disappeared overnight.Swiss filmmaker Andreas Fontana makes an impressively controlled, confident debut with […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Azor
Azor, 2021.Directed by Andreas Fontana. Starring Fabrizio Rongione, Stéphanie Cléau, Juan Pablo Geretto and Elli Medeiros.SYNOPSIS:A Swiss banker takes over accounts in Argentina from his colleague in the 1980s, finding himself forced to navigate the complex, febrile politics of a military junta.Dark, murky intrigue is the order of the day when it comes to thriller […]
Movie Review – The Blue Room (2014)
The Blue Room, 2014.Directed by Mathieu Amalric. Starring Mathieu Amalric, Stephanie Cleau and Lea Drucker.SYNOPSIS:A couple are having a passionate affair. In the afterglow, she imagines what life would be like together, yet he appears non-committal. Now he’s under investigation by the police and courts. Because her husband has died. And his wife has been […]
