FILM OF THE WEEK
INTERVIEW | EFA Critics prize for Garrel's 'Les amants réguliers'; Production Design EFA for 'Science of Sleep' |
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| Written by the editor | |
| Tuesday, 28 November 2006 | |
 Before the official awards ceremony on December 2 in Warsaw, Poland, the European Film Academy has announced two prize winners: the Prix Fipresci and the new award for Best Production Design. The European Film Award (EFA) Critics' Award - Prix Fipresci has gone to the French film Les amants réguliers (Regular Lovers) from director Philippe Garrel. The black and white film, which stars Philippe's son Louis and newcomer Clothilde Hesme as two students caught up in the 1968 protests in Paris, was made as a direct response to The Dreamers, the candy-coloured take on the same subject from Bernardo Bertolucci. The film also won the Best Director and Best Technical Achievement (for cinematographer William Lubtchansky) in Venice before adding a Best Male Newcomer César for Louis Garrel and the prestigious Louis Delluc Award to its list of honours. Andrei Plakhov, President of Fipresci stated: "Philippe Garrel made his first film when he was 16, and by 20 had earned the reputation of the Nouvelle Vague's Wunderkind and 'younger brother of Godard'. His sophisticated cinematographic style, with long concentrated frames, is unique. His films are like fake detective stories, where mystery lies, not in the plot but in the style". Michel Gondry's La science des rêves (The Science of Sleep) won the first ever Production Design EFA for designers Pierre Pell and Stéphane Rozenbaum. The film is unique in its representation of the dreams of its main character Stéphane (played by Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal) as consisting of things that were manually created at home with cardboard, thread and a pair of scissors. The EFA awards evening will be hosted by French actress Sophie Marceau and Polish cabaret artist and actor Maciej Stuhr. Expected guests on the red carpet include director Pedro Almodóvar and actress Penélope Cruz, whose collaboration Volver ties with the German Stasi drama Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others) as the most nominated film. Related items: |
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