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.
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.
Con interviste a Hirokazu Kore’eda, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Wang Bing, Kiyoshi Kurosawa e Jia Zhangke, il documentario offre una prospettiva accurata del nuovo cinema taiwanese. Una fonte essenziale di uno dei capitoli più significativi del cinema del XX secolo.
Circa 18 anni dopo L’eau froide, Assayas torna all’autobiografia con questo film profondo ma distaccato, un’analisi a posteriori della sua adolescenza sulla scia del maggio ‘68. Il ritratto intenso di una generazione in lutto, cresciuta all’ombra di una rivoluzione fallita.
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.