L'écume des jours (2013)

Wealthy, inventive bachelor Colin endeavors to find a cure for his lover Chloe after she's diagnosed with an unusual illness caused by a flower growing in her lungs.

A Boris Vian adaptation made with fast pacing and exuberant surreal imagination  is fascinating to watch, but soon becomes tiresome and it loses its grip on the sadness of its ending.

Yves Saint Laurent (2014)

A look at the life of French designer Yves Saint Laurent from the beginning of his career in 1958 when he met his lover and business partner, Pierre Berge.

Tasteful and accomplished attempt to portrait the great fashion designer in all his complexity is mostly successful, thanks also to Pierre Ninney's excellent performance and a good supporting cast.

Anthropoid (2016)

Based on the extraordinary true story of Operation Anthropoid, the WWII mission to assassinate SS General Reinhard Heydrich, the main architect behind the Final Solution and the Reich's third in command after Hitler and Himmler.

Subtle, but also quite suspenseful reconstruction of a historic occurence is not only focussed on the details of the assassiantion, but also is interested in the motives of its protagonists.

Charlotte Le Bon

Charlotte Le Bon

ph: Ellen von Unwerth