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Xavier Beauvois

“I’m really interested in the Normandy landings. If you look at a film like Saving Private Ryan and see veterans now in their 80s, they still get very emotional and tear up when they talk about the death of their comrades when they were only 20.”

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    House of Tolerance

    HOUSE OF TOLERANCE

    BERTRAND BONELLO France, 2011

    Set in the dying days of the 19th-century, this crepuscular masterwork from Bertrand Bonello explores the transactional margins of sexuality. With a stellar ensemble that includes Adèle Haenel, House of Tolerance occupies a hermetic netherworld caught between a haunted past and an uncertain future.

    Let the Sunshine In

    LET THE SUNSHINE IN

    CLAIRE DENIS France, 2017

    A Claire Denis romcom? We’re sold! Subverting fairytale tropes with fine irony, this wonderfully unpredictable take on middle-age female desire and the volatility of emotions stars an exquisitely mercurial Juliette Binoche—searching for love, encountering mostly disappointment. Oh, and that ending!

    The Young Lieutenant

    THE YOUNG LIEUTENANT

    XAVIER BEAUVOIS France, 2005

    Before he won acclaim for Of Gods and Men, French actor-turned-director Xavier Beauvois scored with this excellent, layered police drama, featuring an award-winning performance from Nathalie Baye.

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