Tag Archives: Christine Boisson

Parody-play: “Le jeu avec le feu” [1975 France, Italy]

Posted on March 31, 2017 by TR

  Alain Robbe-Grillet: It has taken a while to bring up Alain Robbe-Grillet’s filmography despite his obvious candidature for this site, simply because one would also need a passing knowledge of his important literary legacy that subsequently spawned his film career to … Continue reading →

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A brief film review: “Le mouton enragé” [1974 France]

Posted on March 24, 2016 by TR

Michel Deville had been a pleasant mainstream alternative to the typically highbrow intellectualism of the Nouvelle Vague exponents when it came to cinema during the sixties and seventies; his storytelling was conventional, and on the other end of the scale, … Continue reading →

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Christine Boisson & co in “La Mécanique des Femmes” [2000, France]

Posted on August 17, 2011 by TR

Jérôme de Missolz apparently based his film “La Mécanique des Femmes” [Eng. Title: The Mechanics of Women] on a controversial novel by Louis Calaferte. While I’ve not read her work and therefore not in a position to judge its interpretation, … Continue reading →

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