Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Audrey Diwan
Starring: Anamaria Vartolomei | Kacey Mottet Klein | Louise Chevillotte | Louise Orry-Diquéro | Luàna Bajrami
Diane says: “Based on an autobiographical novel by this year’s Nobel prize winner, Annie Ernaux. And you thought 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS was as harrowing an abortion movie as you’d ever see. Director Audrey Diwan hews close to
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: André Téchiné
Starring: Alexis Loret | Corentin Fila | Jean Fornerod | Kacey Mottet Klein | Mama Prassinos | Sandrine Kiberlain | Vanessa Duran
Thom says: “To know that this is Techine’s 29th film recognizes that this he’s indeed a major French film director as he’s used many of the best in the business for his productions that have won quite a few awards.
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Ursula Meier
Starring: Gillian Anderson | Kacey Mottet Klein | Léa Seydoux | Martin Compston | Yann Trégouët
Diane says: “Franco-Swiss production SISTER underwhelmed me. A young boy who lives near a ski resort steals sports equipment, clothing, food to sell or to feed himself and his older sister. I kept imagining dramatic turns–a suicidal jump from the
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Ursula Meier
Starring: Adélaïde Leroux | Isabelle Huppert | Kacey Mottet Klein | Madeleine Budd | Olivier Gourmet
Michael says: “As we near the final quarter of 2010, I’ve started to catch up on some movies I’ve missed in the theater (and there are a lot of them!) HOME is a French film starring Isabelle Huppert, the first
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