The Brand New Testament, 2015.Directed by Jaco Van Dormael. Starring Pili Groyne, Benoit Poelvoorde, Catherine Deneuve and Yolande Moreau.SYNOPSIS:God is alive and living in Brussels, but he’s not as you imagine him. Bad tempered, scruffy and more than fond of a drink, he locks himself away in a vast office in front of his computer, where he […]
MyFrenchFilmFestival Review – Crash Test Aglaé (2017)
Crash Test Aglaé, 2017.Directed by Éric Gravel. Starring India Hair, Julie Depardieu, and Yolande Moreau.SYNOPSIS:A young worker learns that her factory is going to be relocated abroad, and surprises everyone by accepting to go to India in order to hold on to her job.Aglaé (India Hair) is a young woman dedicated to her job. So dedicated in […]
Movie Review – A Woman’s Life (2016)
A Woman’s Life, 2016.Directed by Stéphane Brizé. Starring Judith Chelma, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Yolande Moreau, Swann Arlaud, and Nina Meurisse.SYNOPSIS:A young woman sets out on the path to adulthood and gradually experiences the harsh realities of a woman’s life in the mid 19th-century.Life is never as good or as bad as one thinks, wrote Guy de Maupassant in his novel Une […]
Second Opinion – A Woman’s Life (2016)
A Woman’s Life, 2016.Directed by Stephane Brize. Starring Judith Chemla, Nina Meurisse, Swann Arlaud, Finnegan Oldfield, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, and Yolande Moreau.SYNOPSIS:In 19th century France, a young woman from a wealthy family gets married, but soon becomes disillusioned by the harsh realities facing women at the time.This week started with equality taking centre stage, loud and […]
