Tag Archives: french movie

Movie review: Serial (Bad) Weddings (2014) directed by Philippe de Chauveron

Posted on September 20, 2019 by portiabridget

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 →

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Movie review: Maman A Tort (Trainee Day) (2016) directed by Marc Fitoussi

Posted on October 19, 2018 by portiabridget

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 →

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Movie review: Copacabana (2010) directed by Marc Fitoussi

Posted on July 13, 2018 by portiabridget

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 →

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Movie review: The Girl on the Train (La Fille du RER) (2009) directed by Andre Techine

Posted on November 25, 2016 by portiabridget

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 →

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