Cannes Dispatch #2: Love Songs, The Banishment, Audrey Tautou, Of Europe and Asia
“Love Songs (Les Chansons d’Amour) may at first glance appear dissimilar to the director’s earlier Dan Paris, but on closer inspection one can easily see how alike the two films really are. Honore’s breeziness reflects abundantly in Love Songs as well, and made as a tribute to a dead friend, the movie has the power to tug at the heartstrings. When Ismael sings, “Every minute is like a sob”, walking down a lonely Paris street, the gravity of loss is conveyed in an utterly poignant way. In Competition, Love Songs may not walk away with a prize, but it is a film that moves you,” writes GAUTAMAN BHASKARAN....[Read More]Courtesy of gautamanbhaskaran.com, The Lumière Reader will dispatch Gautaman Bhaskaran’s ‘Out of Cannes’ column over the course of the festival. Also from the French Riviera: Russia’s The Banishment; Audrey Tautou as Coco Chanel; Old Europe ignored; New Asian cinema thrives.
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