An intelligent, nuanced, attentive and very much focused courtroom drama with some remarkable performances.
Tag: French cinema
“White Material” Review
White Material [2009] – ★★★★1/2 White Material is set in one unspecified French colonial African country, and follows Maria Vial (Isabelle Huppert), an owner of a large coffee plantation. Well-known to the area, Maria lives on the estate with her ex-husband Andre (Christopher Lambert), her ex-husband’s father Henri and grown-up son Manuel. However, there are…
Jean Renoir: “La Règle du Jeu” (1939) & “La Grande Illusion” (1937)
La Grande Illusion is, undoubtedly, one of the greatest anti-war films of all times.