Overview of articles
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Balkan Baroque
Fragmentary and discontinuous documentary is both a real and virtual autobiography with the well-known performance artist Marina Abramovic.Published on: -
L’éternité et un jour
Angelopoulos in great form won a Golden Palm in Cannes. Dying writer (Bruno Ganz) makes friends with an Albanian boy. It is the start of…Published on: -
Souvenir
The film investigates ways in which memory, history, environment and being misplaced geographically and psychologically determine consciousness and ouPublished on: -
Terminus Paradis
Strangulating and dispirited life in Rumania turns out not to have improved much since Ceausescu. An alcoholic flirt will take on the proportions of aPublished on: -
Invierno mala vida
Feature début sparkling with bizarre humour beautifully captures the balance between appearance and reality. Warm portrait of a Patagonia hostile to hPublished on: -
Tapage Nocturne
An unpolished film with a dreamy beauty, Breillat again working from her own story of a young woman who falls prey to an all-consuming desire,…Published on: -
Parfait amour
Breillat’s most commercial and romantic film, but nevertheless a searing exploration of love and hate, love and death. An older, attractive bourgeoisPublished on: -
Say Kom Sa
The mixed economy invades Vietnam. Veteran radical and film-maker Kramer returns to make a personal essay.Published on: -
West Beyrouth
Début largely based on memories of youth tells in a stylish and adventurous way the story of a youth eventually crossed by the civil war…Published on: -
Une vraie jeune fille
Breillat’s precocious and risk-taking début, typically frank and direct. In a sensual, intense first-person style she describes how a young girl discoPublished on: