Movies: Vanina Michel

"Un enfant dans la ville" was originally a Michel Fugain album, a record that already told a story. Now it's a musical comedy filmed for television, giving life to its characters and taking up the story of the record, that of today's generation, not ...

The sky is blue above the tiled swimming-pool... In this smooth and impersonal setting, a watcher and a changing-room attendant chase and overbid each other in the hope of eventually finding a way out. With the passing hours, hope is repeatedly broke...

In 1972, what does making a film mean? How does a movie make? What is the relationship between the producer of shows and the spectator? How does meaning travel in the story? These are the questions posed and proposed by the film....

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A kaleidoscope of images from history populate this skillfully animated French feature. The story concerns a history professor whose ideas about human history cause him distress. Amid a flurry of newsreel-type images, Joan of Arc's trial is shown. An...