Overview of articles
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House of Fools
What happens to the inhabitants when a mental institution becomes a plaything in the battle between Chechens and Russians. Glowing drama with lighterPublished on: -
Ashes
Lebanese story of mourning, intimacy and family bonds, motivated by the death of the protagonist’s father.Published on: -
Vai e vem
Glorious and unbending testament by the master of inflexibility. As usual, the Nosferatu-like Monteiro plays himself in Vai e Vem while displaying hisPublished on: -
Granny
Moving new feature by the maker of Farewell Geese (1991). An eighty-year-old grandma finds herself in a vacuum after living her whole life for childrePublished on: -
La ville des pirates
Surrealist Ruiz film with echoes of Buñuel’s L’Age d’Or. The pirate city is a ghost castle on a rocky island, in which a group of…Published on: -
Colloque de chiens
Characters and plot of a melodrama are reduced to rudimentary attributes in combination with three sorts of material: shots of barking dogs, streets aPublished on: -
La présence réelle
Actor Franck Oger is a spectator for the play in which he also performs in this ingenious film that Ruiz made during the Avignon Festival…Published on: -
Grande école
Self-aware, unusual and Fassbinder-esque feature début: heterosexual and homosexual fascination, power games, class and racial conflicts at a Grande EPublished on: -
Mekong Interior
Beautifully photographed narrative about a young French couple that visits Cambodia for several days. About exoticism and singularity.Published on: -
Jour et nuit
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