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French Film Festival · 2007

French Film Festival 2007

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8 films · 8 reviews

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The Axe (Le Couperet, The Ax)

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Garcia – reminiscent of a young Jack Lemmon - puts the hang into dog perfectly and the script will bite your arm off.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
It's murder to find a job in France.

(Country: Belgium, France, Spain; Year: 2005; Director: Costa-Gavras; Writer: Costa-Gavras, Jean-Claude Grumberg, based on the novel by Donald E Westlake,; Stars: José Garcia, Karin Viard, Geordy Monfils, Christa Theret, Ulrich Tukur, Olivier Gourmet, Yvon Back, Thierry Hancisse, Olga Grumberg, Yolande Moreau, Dieudonné Kabongo)

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Camping

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While Camping isn't breaking any new ground, it ploughs the old furrows with finesse.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
Culture clash comedy on a holiday campsite.

(Country: France; Year: 2006; Director: Fabien Onteniente; Writer: Emanuel Booz, Franck Dubosc, Philippe Guillard, Fabien Onteniente; Stars: Gérard Lanvin, Mathilde Seigner, Franck Dubosc, Claude Brasseur, Mylène Demongeot, Antoine Duléry, Frédérique Bel, Christine Citti, Laurent Olmédo, Eliott Parillaud, Béatrice Costantini)

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Change Of Address (Changement D'adresse)

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The acting is poor... comedy feels forced and unrequited.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
Unrequited love in Paris.

(Country: France; Year: 2006; Director: Emmanuel Mouret; Writer: Emmanuel Mouret; Stars: Emmanuel Mouret, Frédérique Bel, Fanny Valette, Dany Brillant, Ariane Ascaride, Claire Breniaux, Clément Delmas, Magali Leroy, Jérôme Flaum, Frédéric Niedermayer, Hans Joachim Kruse)

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A Comedy Of Power (L'Ivresse Du Pouvoir)

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A polished, satisfyingly involving whole that avoids any mainstream trappings and credits the audience with intelligence and maturity.

Paul Griffiths · 4 out of 5
Investigating fraud amongst France's fattest fat cats.

(Country: Germany/France; Year: 2006; Director: Claude Chabrol; Writer: Odile Barski, Claude Chabrol; Stars: Isabelle Huppert, François Berléand, Patrick Bruel, Marilyne Canto, Robin Renucci, Thomas Chabrol, Jean-François Balmer, Pierre Vernier, Jacques Boudet, Philippe Duclos, Roger Dumas)

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Oh La La! (Nouvelle Chance)

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Unpicking a woolen jumper has more intrinsic merit.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
A disparate group of Parisians rehearse a play that is trying to be typically French.

(Country: France; Year: 2006; Director: Anne Fontaine; Writer: Julien Boivent, Anne Fontaine; Stars: Danielle Darrieux, Arielle Dombasle, Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc, Andy Gillet, Christophe Van de Velde, Michel Baudinat, Katsuko Nakamura, Øystein Singsaas, Mariana Otero, Philippe Storez, Xavier Morineau)

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OSS 117: Cairo, Nest Of Spies (OSS 117: Le Caire Nid d'Espions)

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OSS has style in spades.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
Fifties spoof sees not-so-super spy go on a mission to Cairo.

(Country: France; Year: 2006; Director: Michel Hazanavicius; Writer: Jean-François Halin, Michel Hazanavicius, based on characters by Jean Bruce; Stars: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, Aure Atika, Philippe Lefebvre, Constantin Alexandrov, Saïd Amadis, Laurent Bateau, Claude Brosset, François Damiens, Youssef Hamid, Khalid Maadour)

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Paris Je T'Aime

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It is like nibbling for nearly two hours in the kitchens of the best chefs. At the end we are exhausted and hungry.

Chris · 3 out of 5
Twenty different glimpses of Paris.

(Country: Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Germany, France; Year: 2006; Director: Olivier Assayas, Frédéric Auburtin, Emmanuel Benbihy, Gurinder Chadha, Sylvain Chomet, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Isabel Coixet, Wes Craven, Alfonso Cuarón, Gérard Depardieu, Christopher Doyle, Richard LaGravenese, Vincenzo Natali, Alexander Payne, Br; Writer: Tristan Carné; Stars: Marianne Faithfull, Steve Buscemi, Miranda Richardson, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Nick Nolte, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Bob Hoskins, Wes Craven, Elijah Wood, Emily Mortimer, Natalie Portman, GCraven, Elijah Wood, Emily Mortimer, Natalie Portman, Gérard Depardieu)

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Tiger Brigades (Les Brigades Du Tigre)

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The film looks terrific and is beautifully paced by the Cornuau brothers.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
The first motorised special police unit in Paris before the Great War contains terrorism, uncovers corruption and falls under the spell of a Russian princess.

(Country: France; Year: 2006; Director: Jérôme Cornuau, François Cornuau; Writer: Xavier Dorison, Fabien Nury, based on the TV series; Stars: Clovis Cornillac, Diane Kruger, Edouard Baer, Olivier Gourmet, Stefano Accorsi, Jacques Gamblin, Thierry Frémont, Léa Drucker, Alexandre Medvedev, Philippe Duquesne, Gérard Jugnot, Didier Flamand, Andre Marcon)

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