A widow and cleaning lady in London in the 1950s, Ada Harris finds a new taste for life thanks to a Christian Dior dress. Universal The actors surround Lesley Manville in this portrait, sewn with white thread but perky, of an English cleaning lady in search of Parisian chic in the 1950s. Lucas Bravo confides. […]
Tag: Isabelle Huppert
The Promises: municipal derelictions
CHRONICLE – Thomas Kruithof signs a film with stunning realism, where Isabelle Huppert embodies a mayor suddenly seized by ambition. Since Henri Queuille, political leaders have assumed their demagoguery using his famous formula: “promises only bind those who listen to them”. In the town of Seine-Saint-Denis where Thomas Kruithof set the scene for his stunningly […]
The Promises, Farewell Paris, Almost… Films to see or avoid this week
A mayor torn between her ambition and the desire to move on, a tasty lunch with old friends at La Closerie des Lilas, the first steps in the cinema of the philosopher Alexandre Jollien. What to see this week? Discover the cinema selection of Figaro. The promises – To have Drama by Thomas Kruithof, 1H38 […]
François Ozon and Isabelle Adjani at the opening of the Berlin Film Festival
The 2022 edition of the Berlinale will begin on February 10 with Peter Von Kant, new film from the French director. The event was kept in a shortened format. Director François Ozon has the honors, for the sixth time, of the Berlin Film Festival. Accompanied by Isabelle Adjani, he will present for his latest film, […]
After Godard and Truffaut, Claude Chabrol conquers Netflix
Madame Bovary, Hell, The Ceremony… Since Monday, February 15, the American platform has offered a collection of eight films by the director who loved nothing more than portraying the French bourgeoisie. French cinema offers an inexhaustible breeding ground for Netflix. After Jacques Demy, François Truffaut, Claude Sautet, Alain Resnais and Jean-Luc Godard, Claude Chabrol in […]
Caesar 2021, old with little
ANALYSIS – The criminal complaint against the president of the CNC steals the show from the publication of a list of nominees greatly affected by the closing of the rooms. Wednesday morning, the real surprise was not in the envelope containing the 107 nominations of the César 2021 opened, under the control of a bailiff, […]
La Daronne, Coco, One Night in Miami … Online movies to watch or not to watch this week
During this health crisis and the closing of cinemas, the editorial staff Figaro offers you every Wednesday a selection of new products available on streaming platforms or VOD. Le Figaro offers you its selection of films released this week online, on VOD or on streaming platforms. A must see Coco, a piece of jewelry signed […]