In The House 08 Jan 2014 Director: François Ozon France 2012 105 min In Ozon’s teasing comedy, Germain teaches literature. He despises most of his fellow teachers for their conventional thinking and despairs of his pupils for their uniformity and lack of imagination. Germain discovers a gifted pupil, the 16-year-old Claude, who turns in an… Continue reading Dans la maison
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21 Nov 2018 Director: Xavier Legrand France 2017 94 mins Carefully and sensitively directed with intense, restrained performances throughout, Xavier Legrand’s debut feature is an explosive family drama that is as gripping as it is authentic. Fans of the Dardenne brothers or the work of Maurice Pialat will recognise this film’s unsentimental realism in its… Continue reading Custody