5 min movie guide
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SEXUAL CHRONICLES OF A FRENCH FAMILY
When 17 year old Romain is caught filming himself on his cellphone whilst masturbating in a Biology Class in School, the outraged Principal sends for his mother and proceeds to give her a dressing down for her parenting skills. The rather bemused mother uses the occasion to persuade her husband to finally give his son…
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Meet The Fokkens
69 year old identical Dutch twins Martine and Louise Fokken give a new meaning to the word sexagenarian. Both of them have been working as prostitutes in Amsterdam’s red light district for almost 50 years now, and Marianne is still plying her trade daily. (Louise retired 2 years ago when arthritis meant she ‘couldnt…
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ELENA
In Andre Zvyagintsev’s rather somber movie set in modern-day Moscow its painfully clear that despite all its fine principles post Soviet Russia is simply just another society where the ‘have’ and the ‘have not’s’ bitterly resent each other. The wealthy have greatly profited from the new capitalism whilst the poor are finding it difficult to…
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i, ANNA
Veteran actress Charlotte Rampling is in great demand these days averaging three new movies a year. Like fellow Brit Kirstin Scott Thomas, Ms Rampling successfully flits back and forth to Europe and is equally at home making both French and English movies. It would be interesting to know what criteria she uses to make her…
