Tag Archives: Yves Montand

one of the best political thrillers (film: I … comme Icare – Henri Verneuil, 1979)

Posted on December 8, 2023 by admin

Henri Verneuil is a director whose films need to be re-watched and re-evaluated. It is not necessarily about his blockbuster films, the ones for which he gained fame as ‘the most American of French directors’. Several of the films at … Continue reading →

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the playback girl (film: Étoile sans lumière – Marcel Blistène, 1946)

Posted on October 17, 2023 by admin

I have watched in the past few years several documentaries or docu-dramas dedicated to the life and career of Édith Piaf. The moment came to see one of the films in which she acted and sang. My curiosity was satisfied … Continue reading →

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good in the 1970s, good in the 2020s (film: ‘Le sauvage’ – Jean-Pierre Rappeneau, 1975)

Posted on January 11, 2023 by admin

Jean-Paul Rappeneau made only eight feature films in his entire career as a director. However, each of them has a special charm, and in all of them you can feel the hand of a professional director, who knows the secrets … Continue reading →

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the last movie of Yes Montand, the last but one feature movie of Jean-Jacques Beineix – film: ‘IP5:L’île aux pachydermes’

Posted on January 28, 2022 by admin

A discovery. The disappearance of Jean-Jacques Beineix gave us the opportunity to review some of the films of this French director who leaves behind an undeservedly short filmography. His most famous films were made in the 1980’s – ‘Diva‘, ‘Betty … Continue reading →

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father and daughter (film: Tout feu tout flamme – Jean-Paul Rappeneau, 1982)

Posted on December 2, 2021 by admin

‘Tout feu tout flamme‘ (1982) is one of only eight films directed in his career by Jean-Paul Rappeneau, an interesting but not very prolific French film director. This is one of his least appreciated films today, although at the time … Continue reading →

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strong political docu-drama about the Communist show trials (film: L’aveu – Costa-Gravras, 1970)

Posted on November 23, 2021 by admin

‘L’aveu‘ (the English title is ‘The Confession‘), a film made in 1970 by Costa-Gavras a year after the international success of his previous film, ‘Z‘, is already an object of historical study. A year after exposing to the world in … Continue reading →

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triangular love (film: César et Rosalie – Claude Sautet, 1972)

Posted on February 10, 2021 by admin

‘Cesar et Rosalie‘, the title of the 1972 movie by French film director Claude Sautet, can easily be misleading. It is not a simple love story, or rather it is not a single love story, but two. In other words, … Continue reading →

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generation wars (Film: Choice of Arms/ Le choix des armes – Alain Corneau, 1981)

Posted on February 29, 2020 by admin

‘Choice of Arms‘ (the French title is ‘Le choix des armes‘) made in 1981 is a very typical film for the genre of film noir in the French cinema of the 70s and 80s. The master of the genre was … Continue reading →

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a French dream success story (Film: Ivo Livi dit Yves Montand, 2011)

Posted on June 19, 2013 by admin

If this story happened in the USA it would have been labelled as the American Dream story. An Italian immigrant comes to the new country with his three kids. A few years later he receives citizenship. The younger of the … Continue reading →

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