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Tag Archives: french movie
Movie review: Serial (Bad) Weddings (2014) directed by Philippe de Chauveron
Product info (mainly from Wikipedia): Claude Verneuil (Christian Clavier), a Gaullist notary, and his wife Marie (Chantal Lauby), a Catholic bourgeois from Chinon, are proud parents of four daughters: Isabelle, Odile, Ségolène, and Laure. The three eldest are already married. Unfortunately their husbands are … Continue reading
Movie review: Maman A Tort (Trainee Day) (2016) directed by Marc Fitoussi
Product info: Anouk (Jeanne Jestin), a Parisian fourteen-year-old ninth grader, has to spend an obligatory week as a trainee in a company of her choice. Her papa was supposed to secure her a placement at a TV channel, a very … Continue reading
Posted in comedy drama, contemporary, movie review
Tagged 2016, adulting, contemporary, french movie, maman a tort, marc fitoussi, mothers and daughters, trainee day, work problems
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Movie review: Copacabana (2010) directed by Marc Fitoussi
Product info: Babou (Isabelle Huppert), a single hippie mother, has been leading a frivolous, careless life, changing men, jobs, and countries as often as she could. However, after some time she discovers that her only child, Esmeralda (Lolita Chammah), now … Continue reading
Posted in comedy drama, contemporary, movie review
Tagged copacabana, french movie, isabelle huppert, marc fitoussi, meh, nice soundtrack
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Movie review: The Girl on the Train (La Fille du RER) (2009) directed by Andre Techine
This movie has nothing to do with The Girl on the Train directed by Tate Taylor and released in 2016. Nothing whatsoever. Still I do admit I found it while searching for the former. I don’t regret it, to be … Continue reading
Posted in drama, movie review, psychological
Tagged 2009, andre techine, antisemitism, France, french movie, la fille du RER, Paris, the girl on the train
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