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Subgenre Sampler

 
La Vie de JesusLa Vie de Jesus (Life of Jesus) (1997) Recommended
Dir. Bruno Dumont
Virtuoso bleakness from the dir. of TWENTYNINE PALMS, in his debut study of alienated existence for a group of unruly skinheads in rural Flanders who…
Live FleshLive Flesh (1997) Aro Favourite
Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Javier Bardem, Francesca Neri, Liberto Rabal
Five aggrieved characters get wrapped in a sticky web of consequence after a fateful incident leaves one paralysed and another in jail. Dir.…
Lucie AubracLucie Aubrac (1997)
Dir. Claude Berri
Feat. Carole Bouquet, Klaus Barbie
French Resistance true–story from the period–eye of dir. Claude Berri (JEAN DE FLORETTE), offering a romantic sub–plot between…
Ma Vie SexuelleMa Vie Sexuelle (1997)
Dir. Arnaud Desplechin
Feat. Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Devos, Emmanuel Salinger
Ponderous study of Parisian twentysomething ennui centering around a typically amoral, self–obsessed Frenchman who has few problems bedding…
Marius et JeannetteMarius et Jeannette (1997) Recommended
Dir. Robert Guediguian
Feat. Ariane Ascaride, Gerard Meylan
A laidback yet buoyant slice–of–ordinary–life set on the low–rent side of Marseille, where two wounded fortysomethings strike…
On Connait la ChansonOn Connait la Chanson (Same Old Song) (1997) Recommended
Dir. Alain Resnais
Feat. Pierre Arditi, Sabine Azema, Jean-Pierre Bacri
A winner of seven Cesar awards, this light–hearted homage to Dennis Potter applies his musical–cinematic ideas to the…
Post CoitumPost Coitum (1997)
Dir. Brigitte Rouan
Feat. Brigitte Rouan
The director herself plays a 40–year–old wife, mother and book editor who has her respectable life devastated after a whirlwind affair…
Secrets of the HeartSecrets of the Heart (Secretos del Corazon) (1997)
Dir. Montxo Armendariz
Feat. Andoni Erburu, Inigo Garces
A subdued drama that views rural Spain through the childs' eye of its protaganist, a young boy whose curiosity leads him into a haunted house…
Taste of Cherry, ATaste of Cherry, A (1997) Aro Favourite
Dir. Abbas Kiarostami
Feat. Homayon Ershadi, Abdolrahman Bagheri, Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari
Kiarostami's Palme D'Or winner follows the 'last rites' of an affluent, suicidal middle–aged man who scours the streets of Teheran for an…
Truce, TheTruce, The (1997)
Dir. Francesco Rosi
Feat. John Turturro, Rade Serbedzija
The aftermath of WWII locates Auschwitz survivor John Turturro on a difficult, redemptive journey back to his home town. Based on Primo Levi's…

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