"What struck me most was the freedom of speech. And the moral ambiguity it revealed."
Riad Sattouf on The Sorrow and the Pity by Marcel Ophüls: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyxcowiEWxY
Watch it on LaCinetek: www.lacinetek.com/fr/film/le-chagrin-et-la-pitie-marcel-ophuls-vod
"The film really talks about cinema, the madness of what it means to be a cinephile or a filmmaker."
Justine Triet on sex, lies, and videotape by Steven Soderbergh: www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5NwdayHhXM
Watch it on LaCinetek: www.lacinetek.com/fr-en/film/sex-lies-and-videotape-steven-soderbergh-vod
"And it asks a much larger question, as old as humanity: 'Why do we fall in love?"
Ugo Bienvenu on Her directed by Spike Jonze: youtu.be/LbVNq7gNSps?si=ydbc9DRctzToB_
Watch Her on LaCinetek: www.lacinetek.com/fr-en/film/her-spike-jonze-vod
"There's the fairy tale, but there's also a bit of "gross" in it all the time."
Virginie Efira on Donkey Skin directed by Jacques Demy: youtu.be/OuNza0DvW60?si=fF1jBcxeRerC27Cl
Watch Donkey Skin on LaCinetek: www.lacinetek.com/fr-en/film/donkey-skin-jacques-demy-vod
“Sedation and screens: those are the key words of this fascist society.”
Nicolas Mathieu on Fahrenheit 451 directed by François Truffaut: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ_u7I-61Fw
Watch Fahrenheit 451 on LaCinetek: www.lacinetek.com/fr-en/film/fahrenheit-451-francois-truffaut-vod
“So the ring, as in a wedding ring, and the ring, as in the place where you fight.”
Albert Dupontel on The Ring directed by Alfred Hitchcock: youtu.be/bKYsWEndqTE?si=3yjT7dp8uwGv9kHV
Watch The Ring on LaCinetek: www.lacinetek.com/fr-en/film/the-ring-alfred-hitchcock-vod, and until April 30th on LaCinetek's online film club: www.lacinetek.com/fr/cine-club
“It’s the beginning, the very invention of the idea of adolescence.”
Rebecca Zlotowski on The Fifteen-Year-Old Widows directed by Jean Rouch: youtu.be/j7qK7Um_iiU?si=kq11JbJIa0LlIWyR
Watch The Fifteen-Year-Old Widows on LaCinetek: www.lacinetek.com/fr-en/film/the-fifteen-year-old-widows-jean-rouch-vod
"In this context, there’s always the suspicion of pornography. What nonsense!"
Andreas Dresen on Intimacy by Patriche Chéreau : www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLE25dpQVJ8
Watch Intimacy on LaCinetek: www.lacinetek.com/fr-en/film/intimite-patrice-chereau-vod
"He drinks, he lets himself go… He gets played, bounces back, and still believes…"
Patrice Leconte on The Big Lebowski directed by Joel Coen: youtu.be/rzSd2862bRA?si=4cgco9PtvAUmQjkG
Watch The Big Lebowski on LaCinetek: www.lacinetek.com/fr-en/film/the-big-lebowski-joel-coen-ethan-coen-vod
"As a testimony to what happened in those years, there is nothing better than Rossellini"
Albert Dupontel on Rome, Open City directed by Roberto Rossellini: youtu.be/Z3bjOk5tPco?si=UgM4zZQgKzwhRimQ
Watch Rome, Open City on LaCinetek: www.lacinetek.com/fr-en/film/rome-open-city-roberto-rossellini-vod
Leïla Slimani on Mr. Klein: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zTrQuI0e9I
Watch Mr. Klein on LaCinetek: www.lacinetek.com/fr-en/film/mr-klein-joseph-losey-vod
Lucile Hadzihalilovic on Dead Ringers: www.youtube.com/watch?v=euCs2Az3mi8
Watch Dead Ringers on LaCinetek: www.lacinetek.com/fr-en/film/dead-ringers-david-cronenberg-vod