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A contemplative and visually dulcet experience.

Buska seems completely at ease with this complicated woman who is by turns childish and playful, ferocious and tyrannical, and keenly intellectual.

Haute Cuisine is as earth shattering as a lip-smacking mushroom - you will want to have a good dinner afterwards.

The writer-director takes great enjoyment in playing around with his various obsessions.

How does Ismael have the derring-do to believe that all these women are there, like a bouquet, for him to choose from? He is an artist, of course, who creates his own reality.

This unpretentious, entertaining little comedy of culture clashes marks a solid feature debut for British writer/director Joel Hopkins

Despite its considerable length, it avoids overstaying its welcome.

For those who like thoughtful, literary cinema, this is a delight from beginning to end.

If the characters are focused on how and if, for us the question why lingers in the air.

The minor characters are beautifully realised, intriguing and often sympathetic despite their sometime unpleasantness.

The juxtaposition between comedy and meditation on contemporary life does throw the viewer off-guard a little bit, but it is no the less effective for doing so.

With its simple plot and gentle pacing, Quiet Chaos relies on character and performance to keep viewers interested, and for the most part it pulls it off well.

A lurching and uneven film, Sleeping Sickness resembles a dream.

Although the performances are uniformly pitch-perfect Julie Depardieu (centre) shines out as Hélène.