Kim Hee-jung's new feature-‘A French Woman' infuses her experimental approach seamlessly within its bleak environment. Ambiguity is a virtue in this case which rewards us with witnessing everything like a first-hand experience. Due to the very nature of its narration, we are just as scared to trace down her memories as she is.
“A French Woman” is available from Echelon Studios
‘A French Woman' unfolds largely in an episodic manner. But these episodes are a part of the character's psyche and not merely a narrative tool. With its purposefully ambiguous nature, the film lets its viewers get on a nightmarish voyage through the mind of its bewildered protagonist. Mira, a middle-aged woman returns to Seoul (her hometown) after living in France for decades. The ambitious-her in the past wanted to achieve a prosperous acting career by learning the craft in the European lands. But, the older-her...
“A French Woman” is available from Echelon Studios
‘A French Woman' unfolds largely in an episodic manner. But these episodes are a part of the character's psyche and not merely a narrative tool. With its purposefully ambiguous nature, the film lets its viewers get on a nightmarish voyage through the mind of its bewildered protagonist. Mira, a middle-aged woman returns to Seoul (her hometown) after living in France for decades. The ambitious-her in the past wanted to achieve a prosperous acting career by learning the craft in the European lands. But, the older-her...
- 4/3/2023
- by Guest Writer
- AsianMoviePulse
Author: Competitions
To mark the release of Indochine on 2nd January, we’ve been given 2 copies to give away on DVD.
Directed by Régis Wargnier (East/West, Une femme française), the film’s original negative, under Studiocanal’s supervision, has been digitised and restored, frame-by-frame, to 4K quality by L’Immagine Ritrovata.
Indochina: 1930. Alongside her father Emile, Eliane Devries determinedly runs a rubber plantation. The only emotional attachment she has is to her adopted daughter Camille, an orphaned Annamite princess. Their existence is turned upside down upon meeting Jean-Baptiste, a young French naval officer with whom both Eliane and then Camille fall in love. Protected by her friend Guy Asselin, the head of the French security services, Eliane is able to face another worrying element: the rise of native nationalism and the first attacks mounted against the French. Although Eliane becomes detached from Jean-Baptiste, Camille still loves him despite her...
To mark the release of Indochine on 2nd January, we’ve been given 2 copies to give away on DVD.
Directed by Régis Wargnier (East/West, Une femme française), the film’s original negative, under Studiocanal’s supervision, has been digitised and restored, frame-by-frame, to 4K quality by L’Immagine Ritrovata.
Indochina: 1930. Alongside her father Emile, Eliane Devries determinedly runs a rubber plantation. The only emotional attachment she has is to her adopted daughter Camille, an orphaned Annamite princess. Their existence is turned upside down upon meeting Jean-Baptiste, a young French naval officer with whom both Eliane and then Camille fall in love. Protected by her friend Guy Asselin, the head of the French security services, Eliane is able to face another worrying element: the rise of native nationalism and the first attacks mounted against the French. Although Eliane becomes detached from Jean-Baptiste, Camille still loves him despite her...
- 1/3/2017
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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