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May 5, 2022 · La Chinoise (Jean-Luc Godard, 1967) It’s impossible to talk about protest in French cinema without mentioning Jean-Luc Godard. From May 1968 into the 1970s, the director engaged in a period of radical political activism, during which time he became a figurehead of the protests. With François Truffaut, Godard led protests against the 1968 ...
“La Chinoise” (1967) One could argue that nearly all of Jean-Luc Godard’s films are concerned with politics in one way or another, but with the possible exception of “Made In U.S.A.,” it’s hard to think of a more explicitly political work from this director than “La Chinoise,” a revolutionary satire about a militia of Mao-obsessed insurgents living in mid-century Paris.
1. Blue Is the Warmest Colour. Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire and to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adèle grows, seeks herself, loses herself, and ultimately finds herself through love and loss. 2.
- Goodbye to Language (2014) Director: Jean-Luc Godard. Goodbye to Language boasts some of the most galvanic 3D images to ever grace the celluloid. But, director Jean-Luc Godard, never let his viewers revel in this beauty.
- Elle (2016) Director: Paul Verhoeven. Based on the novel Oh… by Philippe Djian, Elle follows Michèle Leblanc (Isabelle Huppert), a wealthy owner of a Paris video-game company.
- Certified Copy (2010) Director: Abbas Kiarostami. Juliette Binoche is one of the most interesting actors working today. I don’t know how, but she hits the bull’s eye almost every time she picks a script.
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) Director: Céline Sciamma. Portrait of a Lady on Fire is a manifesto about the female gaze. It’s rich, sensitive, slow-burning and rarely manipulative.
Jul 5, 2023 · The film La Haine (1995) shows the life of young people living in a suburb, without school, without work, running away from police controls, trying unsuccessfully to avoid drugs and delinquency ...
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Jun 3, 2022 · 7 Pride (2014) Pathe. 20th Century Fox. Pride is a film about the miners' strike of 1984-1985 in London when Mark Ashton, a gay activist, realized that the police were no longer harassing the ...
Jun 29, 2023 · Advertisement. La Haine - 1995. As good today as when it was first released, La Haine is the classic film about the problems of France's tense suburbs ( banlieues ). Apart from the car styles and ...
