Overview of articles
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Le batteur de boléro
Patrice Leconte says that he has no affinity at all with Ravel’s Boléro. His fascination is with the man who, throughout the whole piece, beats…Published on: -
Charlotte ‘vie ou théâtre’
Charlotte Salomon was born in Berlin in 1917 of Jewish parents. The threat of the Nazis made her parents send her to Villefranche on the…Published on: -
Kaddish
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Parisienne People
This commercial for a brand of cigarettes was actually screened in cinemas in Switzerland. That is remarkable because it does not show happy and healthy…Published on: -
The Sentimental Policeman
An ordinary post-Soviet policeman finds a baby in the garden and wants to adopt it; this ‘adventure’ turns his life upside down. After the ‘shock…Published on: -
L’annonce faite à Marie
Idiosyncratic debut by legendary and very aged actor. Film version of a play by Paul Claudel, for which the action has been moved to the…Published on: -
Virgina
In a deserted Serb village not far from the Adriatic Sea – it is the nineteenth century – the superstition exists that families without male…Published on: -
L’hor vert
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Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
A young widow who lives with her teenage son fills her empty life with an endless checklist of chores. Until something snaps.Published on: -
India Song
Calcutta, 1973. A party is held at the French embassy, while the beggars sit outside on the banks of the Ganges.Published on: