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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: -
Aux Niçois qui mal y pensent
Inspired by Vigo’s classic A propos de Nice, Breillat’s camera sees what it is not allowed to see, a study in intolerance.Published on: -
36 Fillette
A powerful and brilliantly acted film in which a young girl is obsessed with losing her virginity. On holiday, she both resists and loves a…Published on: -
Le nain rouge
Fellini-esque feature in beautiful black & white about a dwarf who chooses circus life in preference to a boring lawyers’ office. After a grand adventPublished on: -
Fin août, début septembre
With unchanging intelligence and surgical precision, Assayas investigates modern (French) relationships and their underlying (universal) sensitivitiesPublished on: -
There Are No Direct Flights Between New York and Marseille
Video-diary of a film-maker who misses the New York gay scene after he moves.Published on: -
Plus qu’hier, moins que demain
Fatehr is a drunkard, mother is strong, teenage daughter Françoise loves her nephew and an attractive Arab lives in the garden shed. In a controlled…Published on: -
Sale comme un ange
Breillat turns the genre of traditional French ‘policier’ on its head, exploring the truth about physical passion and the brutal power of desire throuPublished on: -
El viento se llevo lo que
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