A Very Long Engagement News

2004

This World War I mystery finds limitless beauty in the nostalgia of loss. Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, whose whimsical AMELIE riveted audiences, A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT also stars Audrey Tautou--the 21st century's Audrey Hepburn--in the stubbornly emotional role of a widow in denial. Here she is Mathilde, a waifish young .. Read more

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  A Brief History: France and Film

  • 24 Feb 2010

  Is it possible to beat Hollywood at its own game – or even to play on the same field? That’s the 60 million Euro question for French filmmakers, as it is for the Brits, the Germans, and anyone else with a viable industry stuck in the Americans’ cultural choke-hold. Hollywood established its European market on the back of the Great War, when the competition was at its most vulnerable. With the deepest pockets in the business, the major studios coaxed many of the hottest... Read more

  

  A cast worthy of Da Vinci

  • 24 Jan 2005

  The film version of The Da Vinci Code looks set to cause as much excitement as the bestselling novel by Dan Brown as the cast for the forthcoming production is gradually revealed. Reports suggest that Audrey Tautou, the star of quirky French romance Amelie, is to line up alongside Tom Hanks and Jean Reno when filming on the Christian history thriller begins later this year. Tautou, who is currently starring in A Very Long Engagement, is being tipped for the role of cryptologist Sophie Neveu -... Read more

  

  Hannibal Rising

  • 05 Feb 2007

  Origin stories are all the rage in Hollywood these days, though the motives are purely mercenary. No profitable franchise can afford to overlook its genesis. Alternate titles that have been attached to this prequel over the last few years range from the pragmatic Hannibal 4 (which at least has a certain candour) to the classical The Lecter Variations (too pretentious!) to the sensational Young Hannibal: Behind the Mask (too cable TV). The pseudo-biblical 'Hannibal Rising' is all very well I... Read more

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    This World War I mystery finds limitless beauty in the nostalgia of loss. Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, whose whimsical AMELIE riveted audiences, A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT also stars Audrey Tautou--the 21st century's Audrey Hepburn--in the stubbornly emotional role of a widow in denial. Here she is ...

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