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Edinburgh International Film Festival · 2016

Edinburgh International Film Festival 2016

Look Again: A Celebration Of The Films Of Cinema Du Look

Programme

7 films · 4 reviews

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Les Amants Du Pont Neuf (The Lovers On The Bridge)

A homeless alcoholic and a woman who is going blind form a relationship.

(Country: France; Year: 1991; Director: Leos Carax; Writer: Leos Carax; Stars: Juliette Binoche, Denis Lavant, Daniel Buain, Klaus-Michael Grüber, Marion Stalens, Chrichan Larsson, Paulette Berthonnier, Roger Berthonnier, Edith Scob, Georges Aperghis, Michel Vandestien, Georges Castorp, Marc Desclozeaux, Alain Dahan, Pierre Pessemesse)

Betty Blue (37°2 Le Matin)

Review preview for Betty Blue

Betty Blue is a film that hurls itself into being, brash and unbridled and now.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
A struggling writer embars on a passionate love affair with a beautiful, vivacious woman who is gradually losing her mind.

(Country: France; Year: 1986; Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix; Writer: Jean-Jacques Beineix, based on the book by Philippe Dijan.; Stars: Jean-Hugues Anglade, Béatrice Dalle, Gérard Darmon, Consuelo De Haviland)

The Big Blue (Le Grand Bleu)

Review preview for The Big Blue

The Big Blue is pure cinéma du look.

Donald Munro · 4.5 out of 5
Two of the best ‘free’ divers in the world are set to compete against each other at the world championships.

(Country: France, US, Italy; Year: 1988; Director: Luc Besson; Writer: Luc Besson, Luc Besson, Robert Garland, Marilyn Goldin, Jacques Mayol, Marc Perrier; Stars: Rosanna Arquette, Jean-Marc Barr, Jean Reno, Paul Shenar, Sergio Castellitto, Jean Bouise, Marc Duret, Griffin Dunne, Andréas Voutsinas, Valentina Vargas, Kimberly Beck, Patrick Fontana, Alessandra Vazzoler, Geoffrey Carey, Bruce Guerre-Berthelot)

Diva

Thriller sees an opera fan become embroiled in mob machinations.

(Country: France; Year: 1981; Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix; Writer: Daniel Odier, Jean-Jacques Beineix, Jean Van Hamme; Stars: Wilhelmenia Fernandez, Frédéric Andréi, Richard Bohringer, Thuy An Luu, Jacques Fabbri, Chantal Deruaz, Anny Romand, Roland Bertin, Gérard Darmon, Dominique Pinon, Jean-Jacques Moreau, Patrick Floersheim, Raymond Aquilon, Eugène Berthier, Gérard Chaillou)

Mauvais Sang (Bad Blood, The Night Is Young)

In the near-future a deadly sexually transmitted disease is sweeping the land.

(Country: France, Switzerland; Year: 1986; Director: Leos Carax; Writer: Leos Carax; Stars: Michel Piccoli, Juliette Binoche, Denis Lavant, Hans Meyer, Julie Delpy, Carroll Brooks, Hugo Pratt, Mireille Perrier, Serge Reggiani, Jérôme Zucca, Paul Handford, Charles Schmitt, François Négret, Philippe Fretun, Thomas Peckre)

Nikita (La Femme Nikita)

Review preview for Nikita

The techniques Besson uses are are simple and easy to understand. They are blended together with finesse.

Donald Munro · 5 out of 5
A convict is given a new identity and trained as an assassin.

(Country: France, Italy; Year: 1990; Director: Luc Besson; Writer: Luc Besson; Stars: Anne Parillaud, Marc Duret, Patrick Fontana, Alain Lathière, Laura Chéron, Jacques Boudet, Helene Aligier, Pierre-Alain de Garrigues, Patrick Pérez, Bruno Randon, Vincent Skimenti, Roland Blanche, Joseph Teruel, Jacques Disses, Stéphane Fey)

Subway

Review preview for Subway

It is about the counterpointing of the popular with the stuffiness of well respected art, the harsh cold fluorescent light of the Metro station with the more humane darkness of the interconnecting conduits and forgotten spaces.

Donald Munro · 4.5 out of 5
A thief stumbles on a Parisian subculture after he robs a house and takes the loot into the Paris Metro.

(Country: France; Year: 1985; Director: Luc Besson; Writer: Luc Besson, Pierre Jolivet, Alain Le Henry, Marc Perrier, Sophie Schmit; Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Christopher Lambert, Richard Bohringer, Michel Galabru, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Jean Bouise, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Jean-Claude Lecas, Pierre-Ange Le Pogam, Jean Reno, Eric Serra, Arthur Simms, Michel D'Oz, Alain Guillard, Jimmy Blanche)