The Man in the Basement (2023)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Philippe Le Guay
Starring: Bérénice Bejo | François Cluzet | Jérémie Renier | Jonathan Zaccaï | Vicgoria Eber
Slalom (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Charlène Favier
Starring: Axel Auriant | Jérémie Renier | Maïra Schmitt | Marie Denarnaud | Muriel Combeau | Noée Abita
Diane says: “A 15-year-old with promise is dropped off—abandoned?—by her mother at a ski school in the Alps. As the coach’s strict methods and humiliations motivate her to win, they develop a one-to-one relationship, working and intimate. The film has
Read the review...The Unknown Girl (2017)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jean-Pierre | Luc Dardenne
Starring: Adele Haenel | Fabrizione Rongione | Jérémie Renier | Marc Zinga | Olivier Bonnaud | Olivier Gourmet
Thom says: “This Dardenne project was nominated for a Buried Treasure Award for Chlotrudis and I approached this with my usual cautiously optimistic view. These Belgian brothers have been highly lauded throughout their careers with numerous international world-class festival awards,
Read the review...Waste Land (2014)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.8 cats
Director: Pieter Van Hees
Starring: Babetida Sadjo | Jérémie Renier | Natali Broods | Peter Van den Begin | Peter van den Eede
Jason says: “One of the best sorts of mysteries plunges its detective into a world not his own, such that figuring out how this other culture works is an important part of finding the killer. Some sort of personal growth
Read the review...White Elephant (2013)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Pablo Trapero
Starring: Jérémie Renier | Martina Gusman | Ricardo Darín
Bruce says: “The ‘hidden cities,’ the slums of Buenos Aires, are not as famous as the favelas of Rio de Janeiro but that may be because they are a more recent phenomenon. The tribal people of the western mountains bordering
Read the review...The Kid with a Bike (2012)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne | Luc Dardenne
Starring: Cécile de France | Egon Di Mateo | Fabrizio Rongione | Jérémie Renier | Thomas Doret
Bruce says: “The Dardennes are back with another tale of disillusioned youth. This time the subject child is Cyril (Thomas Doret) a child who has been dumped in an orphanage after his father Guy (Jérémie Renier) abandons him. Cyril’s first
Read the review...Summer Hours (2009)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Olivier Assayas
Starring: Charles Berling | Edith Scob | Isabelle Sayodan | Jérémie Renier | Juliette Binoche
Bruce says: “This film began as a commission from the Musée d’Orsay and then evolved into a different animal from what had originally been envisioned. By the time the film was made the relationship with the d’Orsay evaporated. Hard-core Assayas
Read the review...Lorna’s Silence (2008)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne | Luc Dardenne
Starring: ArtaDobroshi | Fabrizio Rongione | Jérémie Renier
Beth says: “Directed by the Dardennes brothers, we follow Lorna, a naturalized Albanian using her Belgian status in a scheme that marries her to others immigrating from Eastern Europe. Imagine if 4 MONTHS 3 WEEKS & 2 DAYS had followed the
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