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Tag: Patrice Leconte

The Girl on the Bridge, 1999

December 23, 2017 (December 28, 2017) acquarello

Adele (Vanessa Paradis) recounts with resigned acceptance to a clinical psychologist her history of failed, impulsive relationships and run of bad luck. She is uncertain about the future, waiting for the elusive something to happen, and her instinctive response is to escape the absurdity of her situation. One evening, she stands on a bridge, mustering […]

DirectorsFrench Cinema, Patrice Leconte

Le Parfum d’Yvonne, 1994

December 23, 2017 (December 28, 2017) acquarello

The brooding and achingly sensual Monsieur Hire was my first exposure to Patrice Leconte’s films, and to a great extent, it was this initial encounter with haunted obsession and sad-eyed romanticism that propelled me to continue to seek out his body of work, trying to recapture in some way the searing melancholia and bittersweet intoxication […]

DirectorsFrench Cinema, Patrice Leconte

Monsieur Hire, 1989

December 23, 2017 (December 28, 2017) acquarello

Patrice Leconte’s Monsieur Hire is a deeply affecting portrait of the dark side of obsession. Monsieur Hire (Michel Blanc) is a lonely, middle-aged tailor who has taken up the rather depraved pastime of watching his beautiful neighbor, Alice (Sandrine Bonnaire). Observing his demeanor, one can hardly call him a voyeur. It is as if he […]

DirectorsFrench Cinema, Patrice Leconte

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Alain ResnaisAleksandr SokurovAustrian CinemaBelgian CinemaBritish CinemaCarlos SauraCarl Theodor DreyerChantal AkermanChinese CinemaChris MarkerDocumentaryEssay FilmExperimental CinemaFilm Comment SelectsFilm CriticismFilm TheoryFrench CinemaGerman CinemaHarun FarockiHou Hsiao-hsienHuman Rights WatchIndian CinemaIngmar BergmanIranian CinemaItalian CinemaJapanese CinemaKenji MizoguchiKorean CinemaNagisa OshimaNew York African Film FestivalNew York Video Film FestivalNYFFPolish CinemaRendez-vous with French CinemaRomanian CinemaRussian CinemaSatyajit RayShohei ImamuraSpanish CinemaSpanish Cinema NowSwedish CinemaTaiwanese CinemaTurkish CinemaViews from the Avant-GardeYasujiro Ozu
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