L’estranea (The Spiral), 2026.Directed by Paolo Strippoli. Starring Jasmine Trinca, Romana Maggiora Vergano, Adriano Gianni, and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi.SYNOPSIS:A mother arrives at her daughter’s apartment during a storm to confess a lie that undermines their family’s foundation, leading to an unravelling relationship between them.The most important thing in cinema isn’t knowing how to move the […]
Movie Review – Anaïs in Love (2021)
Anaïs in Love, 2021.Directed by Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet. Starring Anaïs Demoustier, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Denis Podalydès, Jean-Charles Clichet, Anne Canovas, Christophe Montenez and Xavier Guelfi.SYNOPSIS:A directionless young woman becomes fascinated with the writer wife of an older man after she begins an affair with him.Earlier this year, Joachim Trier’s terrific drama The Worst Person in the […]
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 the meeting of land […]
Movie Review – Only the Animals (2019)
Only the Animals, 2019.Directed by Dominik Moll. Starring Denis Menochet, Laure Calamy, Damien Bonnard, Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Guy Roger N’Drin, Marie Victoire Amie and Bastien Bouillon.SYNOPSIS:A woman goes missing during a snowstorm, and the lives of five people connected to her disappearance are explored in turn.The characters in Dominik Moll’s latest feature are […]
