French
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L’AMOUR
The best part of this disappointing mish-mash of a film is the opening sequence which is footage of Yves St Laurent announcing to the world that he is about to retire. In a highly dramatic speech that he stumbles through in which, amongst other things, he confesses to the demons (drink and drugs) he has…
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Black Really Suits You aka Le Noir (Te) Vous Va Si Bien
The first words we hear in the movie’s opening scene are “I should never have left my country!‘ They are uttered slowly with great sadness by Moncef a 60 year man of Middle-Eastern origin. He and his family have ended up as immigrants in Paris far from home and he is desperate to insure that…
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OUF aka NUTS
41 year old Francois is being released from the Mental Hospital he was committed too when he suddenly lost his rag one day and threw a rather big tantrum. He should have been really happy as he had everything going for him, Anna a woman who loves him, two children from a previous marriage, and a…
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RUST & BONE
Jacques Audiard has followed his 2009 masterpiece, the multi-award winning ‘A Prophet’ with an intense exhilarating emotional roller coaster of a movie that has you sitting right on the edge of your seat throughout the entire 2 hours. Just as you think that life cannot get any worse for the two protagonists, it does ……
