THE LITTLE THIEF - Claude Miller (1988) - ★★★
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Unforgettable Charlotte as an unpredictable Truffaut-esque heroine. Her kleptomania is a sign of her desire for freedom.
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INTO YOUR HANDS - Lola Doillon - 2024 - ★★★⭑
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A beautiful ambiguity throughout the film, two outstanding performances by actors playing an executioner and a victim, a pulse of hatred transformed into a desire for bodies and flesh. Credibly plausible...
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Indomptables released in 2025 set in Cameroon
pigs can drink beer while they're at the police station
There's a scene where a Black Man and a token Chinese man from opposing stalls seemingly selling different goods argue as equals.
(1/3)
Hunting Daze set in Quebec released in 2024
A Black Man is depicted positively and negatively. I didn't feel it was being anti-Black racist overall.
I felt that at some point that it spoke powerfully for the positive impact of multiculturalism on whites if they're open to it.
Therre were other aspects too like moments with a deer and later a wolf.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30835055
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HOTEL AMERICA - André Téchiné (1981) - ★
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Téchiné makes Téchiné without passion, at the level of a photo novel. Apart from a few interesting staging effects and curious ellipses, this kind of cinema is off-putting, and despite the best efforts of the two main actors, nothing can prevent it from sinking.
LOVE IS MY PROFESSION - Claude Autant-Lara (1958) ★★★
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A film that chatters away and thrills thanks to the presence of its actors, even if Brigitte Bardot remains rather bland and unconvincing as a manipulative bitch. Classic staging, very static and situational, with an irritating soundtrack.
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How do you say feel-good movie in French?
(I cried, and I feel good)
The Marching Band, Emmanuel Courcol
8/10
A GORGEOUS GIRL LIKE ME - François Truffaut (1972) ★★
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A comedy with a play on temporality, sometimes grotesque, sometimes with naive situations. Some scenes are reminiscent of slapstick in many ways (acting, interior shots). Not a great movie, but Bernadette Laffont is impressive. A pleasure to see André Dussollier as a young actor. Great casting.
L'ODEUR DE LA MANDARINE - Gilles Legrand (2015) - ★⭑
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Nice acting. But the whole thing seems quite extinguished, without strength or juice, in a fine, realistic but very sad light.
THE LIGHT - Philippe Lioret (2004) - ★★★
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A movie that vibrates with the performance of its actors and its touching story. Beautiful images of the Mare lighthouse (in Brittany) at the center of the storm.
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