Tag Archives: Adele Haenel

undoing wrongs (film: En liberté! – Pierre Salvadori, 2018)

Posted on July 15, 2021 by admin

‘En liberte!‘, The 2018 French comedy directed by Pierre Salvadori, opens with a scene that seems to be taken from an action movie with super-cops made in the 60s. The scene, in which a brave policeman neutralizes a large crowd … Continue reading →

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art and love in difficult times (Film: Portrait de la jeune fille en feu – Céline Sciamma, 2019)

Posted on November 20, 2019 by admin

Feminine and feminist cinema. Is there such a thing? If there is one, I think ‘Portrait de la jeune fille en feu‘, the film written and directed by Céline Sciamma, which received the best screenplay award at the Cannes Film … Continue reading →

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guilt and responsibility (film: La fille inconnue – Dardenne brothers, 2016)

Posted on October 17, 2016 by admin

It’s a small and dull city as many other in Belgium and Europe. It is inhabited by a mixed population, ‘local’ Europeans, more recent but well integrated Europeans (some of them are police inspectors), recent immigrants, some legal, some not. … Continue reading →

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