Alex ekes out a living as a small-time drug dealer in Paris. He’s 27 and single but any chance he has of ever having a happy existence is scuppered by his walking disaster of an older brother Isaac who he is constantly bailing out for the substantial debts he has somehow amassed with some … Continue reading
The best part of this disappointing mish-mash of a film is the opening sequence which is footage of Yves St Laurent announcing to the world that he is about to retire. In a highly dramatic speech that he stumbles through in which, amongst other things, he confesses to the demons (drink and drugs) he has … Continue reading
The first words we hear in the movie’s opening scene are “I should never have left my country!‘ They are uttered slowly with great sadness by Moncef a 60 year man of Middle-Eastern origin. He and his family have ended up as immigrants in Paris far from home and he is desperate to insure that … Continue reading
41 year old Francois is being released from the Mental Hospital he was committed too when he suddenly lost his rag one day and threw a rather big tantrum. He should have been really happy as he had everything going for him, Anna a woman who loves him, two children from a previous marriage, and a … Continue reading
Jacques Audiard has followed his 2009 masterpiece, the multi-award winning ‘A Prophet’ with an intense exhilarating emotional roller coaster of a movie that has you sitting right on the edge of your seat throughout the entire 2 hours. Just as you think that life cannot get any worse for the two protagonists, it does … … Continue reading