The opening titles of Agnès Varda’s final film, Varda by Agnès, are backdropped by stills from her films; there are beaches, gleaners, couples in the throes of happiness, etc. So, if you didn’t know beforehand, you’d realize pretty quickly that...
Title: Joan the Maid 1: The Battles & Joan the Maid 2: The Prisons Year: 1994 Director: Jacques Rivette Cast: Sandrine Bonnaire, Andre Marcon, Baptiste Roussillon, Yann Collette, Tatiana Moukhine Synopsis: Part 1 chronicles the life of Joan of Arc...
Title: La Cérémonie Year: 1995 Director: Claude Chabrol Cast: Sandrine Bonnaire, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Jacqueline Bisset Synopsis: Sophie (Bonnaire) is hired as a maid by a wealthy family in the country. Despite her quiet demeanor and perfectionist veneer, she...
The COLCOA (City of Lights, City of Angels) French Film Festival is a week of French film premieres in Hollywood. In the opening scene of Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar’s Heaven Will Wait, a support group of French parents whose daughters have become radicalized...
