Let’s start with the most urgent recommendation and work down: out of the eight films I sampled from this year’s installment of Lincoln Center’s self-explanatorily-titled annual series “Rendez-vous with French Cinema,” Justine Triet’s currently undistributed Age Of Panic is the big must-see. That (English only) title’s no joke: Triet’s first feature builds on her documentary background, embedding a palpitation-inducing family drama within the real street gatherings and celebrations on the day of François Hollande’s election to presidential office. TV reporter Laetitia (Laetitia Dosch) has to cover the man-on-the-street reactions on Rue de Solférino; babysitter (Marc-Antoine Vaugeois) is forced to join […]...
- 3/8/2014
- by Vadim Rizov
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Let’s start with the most urgent recommendation and work down: out of the eight films I sampled from this year’s installment of Lincoln Center’s self-explanatorily-titled annual series “Rendez-vous with French Cinema,” Justine Triet’s currently undistributed Age Of Panic is the big must-see. That (English only) title’s no joke: Triet’s first feature builds on her documentary background, embedding a palpitation-inducing family drama within the real street gatherings and celebrations on the day of François Hollande’s election to presidential office. TV reporter Laetitia (Laetitia Dosch) has to cover the man-on-the-street reactions on Rue de Solférino; babysitter (Marc-Antoine Vaugeois) is forced to join […]...
- 3/8/2014
- by Vadim Rizov
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
The face of a fresh new wave in French cinema is intriguing a public fed up with their former hero's antics
Lovers of French cinema who have been desperately seeking a new hero since Gérard Depardieu took Russian citizenship may finally have found one. "Gérard Depardieu can go ride his scooter chez Putin," wrote one critic. "An actor of 34 years has just succeeded him. His name is Vincent Macaigne."
Macaigne may be unknown across the cultural divide known as the English Channel, but even in France he is hardly a household figure. And that suits this hyperactive director, actor and writer, who has become one of the leaders of the new "young French cinema" wave. On the French big screen, a changing of the guard appears to be taking place, and Macaigne is in the vanguard.
"I've been busy since I was 20 years old. It's just that now the film critics have discovered me,...
Lovers of French cinema who have been desperately seeking a new hero since Gérard Depardieu took Russian citizenship may finally have found one. "Gérard Depardieu can go ride his scooter chez Putin," wrote one critic. "An actor of 34 years has just succeeded him. His name is Vincent Macaigne."
Macaigne may be unknown across the cultural divide known as the English Channel, but even in France he is hardly a household figure. And that suits this hyperactive director, actor and writer, who has become one of the leaders of the new "young French cinema" wave. On the French big screen, a changing of the guard appears to be taking place, and Macaigne is in the vanguard.
"I've been busy since I was 20 years old. It's just that now the film critics have discovered me,...
- 9/21/2013
- by Kim Willsher
- The Guardian - Film News
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