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Vivre Sa Vie (1962)

It is a tranche de vie that is to be passed through in silence and in words.

Posted on: February 15, 2025
Tags: 1960s France

Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)

In the form of a tremendous desire for remembrance, the past of a nation lives within the past of an individual.

Posted on: February 8, 2025
Tags: 1950s France

L'Argent (1983)

Quiet violence escalating in an unjust world, it is an emptiness that God incarnates.

Posted on: February 7, 2025
Tags: 1980s France

La Notte (1961)

During moments of apathy, loneliness is no longer a reality but a memory. It wanders and detaches itself from everything it cannot feel.

Posted on: February 7, 2025
Tags: 1960s Italy

Le Trou (1960)

A hole is a hollow place, a damned place to be.

Posted on: January 25, 2025
Tags: 1960s France

La Ceremonie (1995)

Words and gestures will always be interpreted by a shared madness that is our culture, eliciting a reaction when least expected.

Posted on: January 25, 2025
Tags: 1990s France

Children of Paradise (1945)

For the sentimental viewers of a romantic epic, it is the duality of love and desire, words and silence, and comedy and tragedy. For the children of the gods, it is the art that is life, and the peace that is war.

Posted on: January 19, 2025
Tags: 1940s France

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)

Everything in its right place, even when a bed is engulfed in flames.

Posted on: January 18, 2025
Tags: 1980s Spain

Playtime (1967)

Playfully orchestrated, it stimulates a reality that must have inspired CES (Consumer Electronics Show) and Overcooked.

Posted on: January 12, 2025
Tags: 1960s France

Diary of a Chambermaid (1964)

As it turns out, surrealism is less about a fantastical reality that is filled with dreams and trances, but more about a rational reality that is impregnated with human possibility and unpredictability, through which intention is strung together as if by chance.

Posted on: January 12, 2025
Tags: 1960s France

Sister (2012)

Privilege can come out when least expected, but a Swiss ski resort is not it.

Posted on: January 11, 2025
Tags: 2010s France
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