Suzanna Andler (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Benoît Jacquot
Starring: Charlotte Gainsbourg | Julia Roy | Nathan Willcocks | Niels Schneider | Sandrine Rivet
3 Hearts (2015)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Benoît Jacquot
Starring: Benoît Poelvoorde | Catherine Deneuve | Charlotte Gainsbourg | Chiara Mastroianni
Kyle says: “Opening Night of the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s series ‘20th Rendez-Vous with French Cinema’ was Benoît Jacquot’s 3 HEARTS in its U.S. Premiere. Those who like their French films about doomed affairs of the heart intense and
Read the review...Farewell, My Queen (2012)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Benoît Jacquot
Starring: Diane Kruger | Léa Seydoux | Michel Robin | Noémie Lvovsky | Virginie Ledoyen | Xavier Beauvais
Bruce says: “Based on the novel by Chantal Thomas, director Benoît Jacquot gives the final days of Marie Antoinette (Diane Kruger) and the Court of Louis XVI the upstairs/downstairs treatment. Events are seen and heard through the eyes and ears
Read the review...Villa Amalia (2009)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Benoît Jacquot
Starring: Clara Bindi | Isabelle Huppert | Jean-Hughes Anglade | Maya Sansa | Xavier Beauvois
Bruce says: “Isabelle Huppert is an actress I would pay money to hear read the phone book; any city – Paris, New York, Tokyo – will do. Huppert elevates every film in which she appears and that fortunately is the
Read the review...À tout de suite (2005)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Benoît Jacquot
Starring: Isild Le Besco | Laurence Cordier | Nicolas Duvauchelle | Ouassini Embarek
Bruce says: “The French really know how to capture self-absorption. When it works for me as in the current LOOK AT ME, it is a joy. Other recent films such as RED LIGHTS, LOVE ME IF YOU DARE, KINGS AND
Read the review...Sade (2002)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.3 cats
Director: Benoît Jacquot
Starring: Daniel Auteuil; Isild de Besco | Grégoire Colin | Jeanne Balibar | Marianne Denicourt
Bob says: “SADE didn’t do much for me, and I’m not sure why. Maybe I was putting too much energy into comparing it with QUILLS and MARAT/SADE (which is one of my faves). It seemed to be more about the
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