Reviews of (mostly) less well known "indie" films

Tag Archives: Trintignant

Exit Juilette Binoche, enter Irene Jacob. Yet more pouting. Except Jacob has more of an innocent earnestness about her pout. Meant to suggest disarming but charming naivete possibly, but more like gormless gullibility. Once again, we’ve got fate or chance or some kind of mysterious serendipity determining how characters encounter one another. Which means there’s [...]


Wintery scenes in black and white. Made me nostalgic for snow. That’s Jean-Louis Trintignant declaring love to Francoise, the blonde catholic bird he’s capturing (in his tight-arsed arms) – and gonna make his little wifey. He’s just come from spending the night sleeping with Maud. On top of her bed next to her but not [...]



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