MAINTENANCE – Golden Camera at Cannes in 1989 for My 20th CenturyGolden Bear in Berlin in 2017 for Body and soulthe Hungarian filmmaker realizes a teenage dream by adapting the great novel by Milan Füst, My Wife’s Story. It’s a little bit of a woman with a piercing gaze. Soft smile, calm voice, Ildiko Enyedi […]
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Our review of My Wife’s Story: A Captain’s Dishonor
CRITICISM – The Hungarian Ildiko Enyedi breathlessly adapts the novel by her compatriot Milan Füst. Léa Seydoux and Gijs Naber are the perfect couple who desire each other and then tear each other apart. We bet? Jakob will marry the first woman to enter this café. Her boyfriend shrugs. His skepticism will not last: after […]
Discover the trailer for My Wife’s Story, Figaro’s favorite film
CRITICAL – Ildiko Enyedi is making a film about fidelity and doubt. A masterpiece, in theaters March 16. Le Figaro offers you the trailer exclusively. No time to waste. This ship’s captain will marry the first woman who enters the restaurant where he has lunch with a friend. Jacques is lucky: it’s Léa Seydoux. That’s […]
Léa Seydoux: “Playing is always intimidating”
INTERVIEW – On the poster for Arnaud Desplechin’s very theatrical new film, Deception, the actress confides her desire to go on stage. Léa Seydoux meets in a Parisian café. We do not know if she hopes that the hubbub will make the interview inaudible. The actress enjoys asking reporters questions (like “And you, you liked […]
The King’s Man – First Mission, Belle, Deception… The films to see or avoid this week
A breathtaking spy thriller with cartoony violence, a fable about the digital world, a virtuoso adaptation by Philip Roth. What to see this week? Discover the cinema selection of Figaro. Deception – To have Drama by Arnaud Desplechin, 1h45 Obviously, Arnaud Desplechin is a fan of extreme sports. Already, adapting Philip Roth is a challenge. […]
The French Dispatch, Pig, Las Niñas… Films to see or avoid this week at the cinema
A tribute to New Yorker, the friendship between a pig and a hermit, the not so childish life of a little girl from Zaragoza. Discover the cinema selection of Figaro. A must see The French Dispatch , a dramatic comedy by Wes Anderson, 1h48 The French Dispatch was filmed entirely in Angoulême but for the […]
Léa Seydoux: the muse is having fun
PORTRAIT – Because the whole world envies us, this singular actress appears in films of all kinds and from all countries. After Die can wait, the James Bond girl hangs her name on the credits of The French Dispatch, the choral film by Wes Anderson. “I am the biggest lazy girl in the world”, Léa […]
James Bond: the confidences of Daniel Craig in Figaro Magazine
MAINTENANCE – At the end of his fifth and last appearance in his agent 007 costume, the British actor confided in our journalist exceptionally. “I will surely be a little jealous of the next one.Who would have thought, fifteen years ago, that Daniel Craig would sketch a form of regret when giving up his number […]
France, Reminiscence, Les Sorcières d’Akelarre… The films to see or avoid this week at the cinema
The new Bruno Dumont, a futuristic fable and Basque sorcerers. What to see this week? The editorial selection of the Figaro. You can see The Land of Men , a drama by Naël Marandin, 1h36 This is his land. Spread the word. He defends her. If necessary, it will be with rifle shots. Bernard (Olivier […]
France, bazooka satire
CRITICAL – Bruno Dumont wants to make people laugh by denouncing the cynicism and vulgarity of television journalism. And fails live. The synopsis is already worth its weight in peanuts: “France is at the same time the portrait of a woman, journalist on television, of a country, ours, and of a system, that of the […]