A discontented Parisian teenager in search of a father with (Mathieu Amalric) and (Fabrizio Rongione) as his, respectively, callous and gentle alternative paternal options, and (Natacha Régnier) as his single mother.
At the height of his career, Alexandre decides to set off for Italy with the idea of completing of a book on Borromini. Along with his wife Alienor feels her relationship with Alexandre is ... See full summary »
Director:
Eugène Green
Stars:
Fabrizio Rongione,
Christelle Prot,
Ludovico Succio
An ogre keeps in his castle two children, whom he intends to eat. A knight and his companion will try to save them, and will be assisted by the ogre's wife, who thus will also get rid of her husband. A medieval story in contemporary settings.
Re-adapting the themes of first love, the intoxication of desire, and failed ideological revolution to the May 68 generation through a chronicle of the parallel lives of a pair of childhood friends: pragmatic Henri and idealistic Jules.
The countenance of Joseba Sarrionandia is multi-faceted, not only for having dabbled in all literary forms of expression, but for having been capable of creating his own imagery, composed ... See full summary »
Hermia & Helena is a film of dead ends and new beginnings, navigating different hemispheres and languages with amorous detours, where the written words of Shakespeare clash with the entanglements of modern, digital life.
At the heart of the film's multiple narratives is an adaptation of A Distant Episode, the savage short story set in Morocco by American author Paul Bowles, first published in 1947. Moving ... See full summary »
An intersectional narrative of two families in Brooklyn and the unraveling of unspoken unhappiness that occurs when a young foreign girl spending time abroad upsets the balance on both sides.
Director:
Alex Ross Perry
Stars:
Emily Browning,
Adam Horovitz,
Mary-Louise Parker
A discontented Parisian teenager in search of a father with (Mathieu Amalric) and (Fabrizio Rongione) as his, respectively, callous and gentle alternative paternal options, and (Natacha Régnier) as his single mother.
Le rat Gargantua a quitté le tournage en parfaite santé et s'est retiré dans sa villa sur la Côte d'Azur. [In English: The rat Gargantua left the shooting in perfect health and retired to his villa on the French Riviera.] See more »
The French movie Le fils de Joseph (2016) was shown in the U.S. with the translated title The Son of Joseph. The film was written and directed by Eugène Green. (Don't let the accent in Eugène fool you. Green is from the U.S., but he lives in France and apparently is very, very French.)
Victor Ezenfis is brilliant as Vincent, a young man in his teens who has been raised by a single mother. As the movie begins, he learns the name of his father, and the plot of the film follows from that discovery.
Natacha Régnier plays Marie, Vincent's mother. She is a caring nurse who has devoted her life to raising Victor. Régnier is impossibly beautiful, but she isn't elegant and haughty. Instead, she looks as if she could be the person who lives next door. (OK--next door if you live in the 2nd arrondissement.)
Fabrizio Rongione plays Joseph, a man who develops an unlikely friendship with Vincent. If you have a woman named Marie, and a man named Joseph, you know that Jesus is going to fit into the plot in some fashion. That's true, in a way, but director Green doesn't push it too far.
This is an absolutely fascinating film, with great acting by the lead actors as well as by the supporting characters. (Special notice to Gargantua, who plays a captured rat that some boys are torturing. The credits at the end of the film point out that Gargantua is a professional actor, who was not injured in any way during filming.)
We saw this movie at the outstanding Dryden Theatre in Rochester's George Eastman Museum. It was part of a two-movie miniseries of the films of Eugène Green. (The other movie was Sapienza, which I also reviewed for IMDb.) Unlike Sapienza, alienation is not as obvious in The Son of Joseph. Even so, I compared Green with Antonioni in my review of Sapienza. Apparently, Green has made the same comparison. In The Son of Joseph the characters go to a movie, and what they see is a revival of Antonioni's Red Desert (1964).
This film will work well on the small screen. If you can't see it in a theater, see it at home. It will be worth the effort.
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The French movie Le fils de Joseph (2016) was shown in the U.S. with the translated title The Son of Joseph. The film was written and directed by Eugène Green. (Don't let the accent in Eugène fool you. Green is from the U.S., but he lives in France and apparently is very, very French.)
Victor Ezenfis is brilliant as Vincent, a young man in his teens who has been raised by a single mother. As the movie begins, he learns the name of his father, and the plot of the film follows from that discovery.
Natacha Régnier plays Marie, Vincent's mother. She is a caring nurse who has devoted her life to raising Victor. Régnier is impossibly beautiful, but she isn't elegant and haughty. Instead, she looks as if she could be the person who lives next door. (OK--next door if you live in the 2nd arrondissement.)
Fabrizio Rongione plays Joseph, a man who develops an unlikely friendship with Vincent. If you have a woman named Marie, and a man named Joseph, you know that Jesus is going to fit into the plot in some fashion. That's true, in a way, but director Green doesn't push it too far.
This is an absolutely fascinating film, with great acting by the lead actors as well as by the supporting characters. (Special notice to Gargantua, who plays a captured rat that some boys are torturing. The credits at the end of the film point out that Gargantua is a professional actor, who was not injured in any way during filming.)
We saw this movie at the outstanding Dryden Theatre in Rochester's George Eastman Museum. It was part of a two-movie miniseries of the films of Eugène Green. (The other movie was Sapienza, which I also reviewed for IMDb.) Unlike Sapienza, alienation is not as obvious in The Son of Joseph. Even so, I compared Green with Antonioni in my review of Sapienza. Apparently, Green has made the same comparison. In The Son of Joseph the characters go to a movie, and what they see is a revival of Antonioni's Red Desert (1964).
This film will work well on the small screen. If you can't see it in a theater, see it at home. It will be worth the effort.