French Film Stories

Voyeurism and a young woman's fascination with her own allure ... Francois Ozon's take on bourgeois desire ...
I haven't posted on my blog www.frenchfilmstories.com in a while. Jeune & Jolie starts in August by the ocean, a world of siestas, terrace dinners and love. Seemed a good one to pick up again with, and take me into the Film Francophone d'Angoulême tomorrow

The FIlm Festival d'Angouleme begins tomorrow ... I'm very excited.
It's my fourth festival situated in the great town of Angoulême in western France, the only festival in 🇫🇷 screening films solely in the French language.
The line-up is great and John Malkovich will head the Jury. I'm particularly looking forward to seeing Gerard Depardieu and Catherine Deneuve in #bonnepomme #FFA2017

Very excited about this: Michael Haneke's 'Happy End'

Thought I'd write about a divorced couple on a mission to fulfil their son's last wish ... Valley of Love
http://52frenchfilms.org/2017/03/25/valle y-of-love

Source: Elle
http://52frenchfilms.org/2017/03/09/elle- 2

Reblogged on WordPress.com Source: Isabelle Huppert: the allure of her vacant room
http://52frenchfilms.org/…/isabelle-hup pert-the-allure-of-h…

Congratulations to Isabelle Huppert for her Golden Globe win. Thought I'd repost my essay on why I think she is such a compelling actress
http://52frenchfilms.org/…/isabelle-hup pert-the-allure-of-h…

A Nos Amours - Sandrine Bonnaire sails forth ...

Sadness is soothed by reason, and resurrection a full confident moon in writer/director Mia Hanson-Løve’s tale of heartbreak and loss. Nathalie (Isabelle Huppert) is a Parisian philosophy teacher and text-book writer who lives in a modest, book-lined flat with her husband. Nathalie’s two children are grown-up, her marriage is a friendly habit and she is responsible for her mentally fragile ‘diva’-mother who frequently calls the… [ 293 more words ]
http://52frenchfilms.org/2016/11/18/laven ir-things-to-come

Bath time, Louis Malle-style, in Les Amants

All flung out: Les Biches, directed by Claude Chabrol

Isabelle Adjani, Sandrine Bonnaire, Romain Duris, Isabelle Huppert, Sophie Marceau, Lambert Wilson and Catherine Corsini were just some of the talent that attended the 9th Festival Film Francophone… Source: Festival Film Francophone d'Angoulême 2016
http://52frenchfilms.org/…/festival-fil m-francophone-dangou…