Olivier Assayas directed Kristen Stewart to a history-making César Award win in Clouds of Sils Maria, but it’s La Binoche who really steals the show: on career-best form as the fading star at the slippery center of this Bergmanesque tale of dualities, mirror reflections, and brooding power dynamics.
Arnaud Desplechin brings a seductive blend of intellectual and carnal passions to this riveting adaptation of Phillip Roth’s eponymous novel. A mesmerizing literary concoction of sex, love, and loyalty made even more bewitching by Léa Seydoux’s luminous performance.
Criss-crossing between London and Paris, this haunting character study doubles as a ghost story that straddles the real and the supernatural. Boasting a soul-bearing performance from Kristen Stewart where grief is made bodily concrete, the film saw Assayas share the Best Director Award at Cannes.
Following the Oscar®-nominated Pieces of a Woman, Kornél Mundruczó and Kata Wéber once again draw on familial history in this time-jumping, multilingual reflection on the lasting horrors of the Holocaust. While the scars of the past can never fade, this powerful drama gazes towards a healing future.
Long-lasting affairs, doomed writers and intellectual repartee: welcome to Paris’ publishing world! With a stellar French cast including la Binoche, Olivier Assayas’s digital revolution satire unfolds just like a dinner party—full of impassioned conversations and witty jokes. Acerbic and delightful.