"Sean Penn and Benecio Del Toro, two of the most gripping actors around, play wildly different men linked through a grieving woman (Naomi Watts) in 21 Grams. Del Toro delves deep into the role of an ex-con turned born-again Christian, a deeply conflicted man struggling to set right a terrible accident, even at the expense of his family. Penn captures a cynical, philandering professor in dire need of a heart transplant, which he gets from ..."
"Based on Leo Tolstoy's novel, Father Sergius, Night Sun stars Julian Sands as Sergio, a nobleman in 18th-century Italy who is expected to marry a duchess, Nastassja Kinski. Upon learning that she was previously the King's mistress, Sergio turns his back on society and becomes a monk. While at the hermitage he tries to resist all sexual temptations before him and soon becomes known as a miracle worker. Eventually he succumbs to a youn ..."
"Man sagt, dass 21 Gramm das Gewicht ist, das wir verlieren, wenn wir sterben. Das Gewicht von fünf Fünf-Cent-Stücken. Das Gewicht eines Kolibris. Das Gewicht eine Stücks Schokolade. Und vielleicht auch das Gewicht der Menschlichen Seele. 21 Gramm zeigt das Leben dreier Personen, deren Schicksale sich durch einen dramatischen Unfall unwiderruflich verbinden. Der todkranke Paul hofft, dass ein Spenderherz sein Leben retten wird; die Ehef ..."
"My Wife Is an Actress ("Ma Femme Est une Actrice") stars Charlotte Gainsbourg--ex-child star, daughter of Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin, beautiful and accomplished actress--alongside her real-life husband Yvan Attal, who also directs. Attal is a humble sports journalist married to a famous international star (played by Gainsbourg) and uncomfortable with her celebrity. His first film as a director plays knowingly with off-screen reali ..."
"Marion Vernoux's romantic drama Love Etc. is based on a novel by Julian Barnes, but it echoes Truffaut's Jules and Jim (in spirit more than plot) in its examination of an impossible ménage à trois. Shy Yvan Attal and unlucky-in-love Charlotte Gainsbourg meet through a personal ad. Attal sent a picture of his handsome best friend, confident womanizer Charles Berling, but it matters little as they fall for each other's charm and sincerit ..."
"Marion Vernoux's romantic drama Love Etc. is based on a novel by Julian Barnes, but it echoes Truffaut's Jules and Jim (in spirit more than plot) in its examination of an impossible ménage à trois. Shy Yvan Attal and unlucky-in-love Charlotte Gainsbourg meet through a personal ad. Attal sent a picture of his handsome best friend, confident womanizer Charles Berling, but it matters little as they fall for each other's charm and sincerit ..."
"A bizarre and compelling story of family secrets based on the novel by Ian McEwan (who also wrote the novel upon which The Comfort of Strangers is based), this British film tells the complex tale of four children who conspire to hide their dead mother's body to avoid being split apart and sent to an orphanage. Their deception works for a while, as they forge a self-sufficient family unit. Soon, however, mistrust and a deeply antagonisti ..."
"Offering an intimate look into the everyday life of Serge Gainsbourg, this book has been published to accompany exhibitions in Paris and New York Via scribbled notes to his butler, Fulbert Ribeaut, we get to know the man behind the artist. For ten years, Serge Gainsbourg lived in a house on Paris' Rue Verneuil with Fulbert, who would become a close friend. Immediately after Gainsbourg's death, Fulbert's nephew Yannick Ribeaut photograph ..."
"En 1968, la maison de disques Philips fait appel à Tony Frank pour réaliser des portraits destinés à une pochette de disque. Cinq photos seront finalement retenues de cette série. Serge Gainsbourg dira plus tard que ces portraits figurent parmi ses préférés. Ce moment marque le début d’une longue collaboration, d’une relation de confiance et d’amitié. Tony photographiera régulièrement Serge chez lui, rue de Verneuil, en studio, en famil ..."
"A bizarre and compelling story of family secrets based on the novel by Ian McEwan (who also wrote the novel upon which The Comfort of Strangers is based), this British film tells the complex tale of four children who conspire to hide their dead mother's body to avoid being split apart and sent to an orphanage. Their deception works for a while, as they become a self-sufficient family unit. Soon, however, mistrust and a deeply antagonist ..."
"Franco Zeffirelli (Romeo and Juliet) and screenwriter Hugh Whitemore strip away a bit of the familiar romanticism of Charlotte Brontë's novel and come up with a more plain but somehow quite interesting film adaptation. Charlotte Gainsbourg (The Cement Garden) makes for an oddly appealing but deliberately unlovely version of Jane (previous actresses have included Susannah York and Joan Fontaine), and William Hurt is excellent as an eq ..."
"A project developed by the late François Truffaut but left unrealized by him after his death, The Little Thief was completed by French filmmaker Claude Miller (The Accompanist) and partially revised in script form by several writers. The result is a slight hodgepodge of story ideas about an adolescent girl (a strong performance by Charlotte Gainsbourg) intrigued by adult mysteries, anxious to lose her virginity, and dabbling in petty c ..."
"« Voilà, c’est chez moi. Je ne sais pas ce que c’est : un sitting-room, une salle de musique, un bordel, un musée… »Le temps s’est arrêté au 5 bis de la rue de Verneuil. Lieu parisien mythique, c’est là que Serge Gainsbourg a vécu pendant plus de vingt ans. Il y a composé ses plus sublimes chansons et y a façonné, au fil des années, un univers esthétique unique peuplé de milliers d’objets et de souvenirs. Une fois passée la célèbre faça ..."