 Starting with an audacious scene in black and white at a 1912 train station that evokes the just-discovered filmmaking techniques of that time, Gabrielle, the new film from Patrice Chéreau ( Son frère/His Brother) follows the well-to-do Jean (Pascal Greggory) from the station to his Parisian home and then stays within the confines of its spacious chambers for the rest of its running time. The period drama premiered at the 2005 Venice Film Festival and is based on Joseph Conrad’s short story The Return, about the relationship -- or rather the absence of it -- of Jean and his perfectly educated wife Gabrielle (Isabelle Huppert). She exposes their living together for what it really is; not by leaving Jean for another man, which she also does, but by deciding to return home for good on the very same day. |
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 Some films arrive with big name directors and -actors and a carefully marketed build-up of anticipation that starts months before the film’s premiere. Not so with Les âmes grises (lit. Grey Souls) from Yves Angelo. The director is not (yet) amongst the French auteurs that have a hardcore fan-base, and the three principal thespians, the late Jacques Villeret in his last role, Denis Podalydès and Jean-Pierre Marielle, are respected character actors but hardly movie stars. Despite its low profile, Les âmes grises is very likely to end up on my 2005 top ten list as it quietly but surely defies expectations at every turn and does not once hit a false note in the process. |
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 American director Tim Burton had a big hit earlier this year with the dark children’s fantasy Charlie and the Chocolate Factory which starred Burton regular Johnny Depp. They continue their fruitful collaboration with another dark children’s fantasy: the animated Tim Burton's Corpse Bride, which features Depp (or rather his voice) as the insecure leading man who accidentally weds a corpse on the eve of his wedding. Despite having only Burton's name in the title, the film was actually co-directed by Burton and Mike Johnson. |
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