I felt mesmerised for two straight hours by this dreamlike fairytale from Lucile Hadzihalilovic. As I was walking out though, there was more than one person who said, “oh I would give that zero stars. I feel sorry that people spent money on it. That was so awful.”
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I love this sort of tense realist drama. This is directed by Laura Wandel and produced by the Daedenne Brothers and you can feel their touch in the understated character driven narrative.
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I was thoroughly absorbed by this primer on George Orwell and the writing of his novel 1984.
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A documentary about another documentary is an odd thing. This is not just any documentary though, it is about Shoah (1985), Claude Lanzmann’s 9 1/2 hour epic made over 12 years.
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Fatima (Nadia Melliti) is an Algerian teen living in France. She loves football, hangs out with her bros at school, and spars with her older sisters as they tease her for not knowing how to cook or dress in a way that men like.
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If you’ve seen The Intouchables (2011) or The Extraordinary (2020), you’ll know that co-directors Olivier Nakache and Eric Tolenado have a deft hand at giving us emotional, character-driven stories that also tackle important social issues.
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French-Algerian director Emma Benestan takes a fresh approach to some monster/revenge tropes to give us a dark fable of female power.
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I had heard a buzz about this French drama by Boris Lojkine which can be a blessing or a curse. Gladly, the rumours were true.
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