Fred Nicolas’ debut about two female friends on the fringes of French society displays a languorous confidence that bypasses cliche
It’s good to see the fringes of French society once branded as la racaille (scum) by Nicolas Sarkozy getting detailed consideration: not just in alarmist frontline bulletins like La Haine, but in convention-breaking arthouse fare like Céline Sciamma’s Girlhood and, the ultimate sign of changing times, cheesy mainstream guff like Intouchables. Fred Nicolas’ debut Max & Lenny, like Girlhood a story about female friendship, falls into the second camp – though sparkling Mediterranean azure and super-heated concrete of the Marseille projects give his film an unfamiliar backdrop.
Lenny (Camélia Pand’or) is a disaffected 17-year-old member of Marseille’s underclass, separated from her infant daughter by social services, forced to serve as lookout for her brother’s drug-dealing operation. But for her “music is life”. Trudging tomboyishly around the city...
It’s good to see the fringes of French society once branded as la racaille (scum) by Nicolas Sarkozy getting detailed consideration: not just in alarmist frontline bulletins like La Haine, but in convention-breaking arthouse fare like Céline Sciamma’s Girlhood and, the ultimate sign of changing times, cheesy mainstream guff like Intouchables. Fred Nicolas’ debut Max & Lenny, like Girlhood a story about female friendship, falls into the second camp – though sparkling Mediterranean azure and super-heated concrete of the Marseille projects give his film an unfamiliar backdrop.
Lenny (Camélia Pand’or) is a disaffected 17-year-old member of Marseille’s underclass, separated from her infant daughter by social services, forced to serve as lookout for her brother’s drug-dealing operation. But for her “music is life”. Trudging tomboyishly around the city...
- 8/31/2015
- by Phil Hoad
- The Guardian - Film News
Annual event set to showcase 90 French productions, 48 of them market premieres.
Unifrance’s annual Rendez-vous with French Cinema in Paris will kick-off as planned on Thursday (Jan 15), a week after a series of terrorist attacks, in which 17 people were killed, rocked the capital.
France remains on high alert after the shooting of 12 people at the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, by two radicalised brothers offended by its cartoon depictions of the Islamic prophet Mohammed; the shooting of a police woman and the slaughter of four people at a kosher supermarket in the east of the city.
The French government announced on Monday that it was deploying 10,000 troops to protect vulnerable sites across the country — including Jewish schools and neighbourhoods – amid news that security forces believed at least six members of the terrorist cell that plotted the attacks may still be at large.
Charlie Hebdo’s surviving staff have responded to the attack with a new edition of the...
Unifrance’s annual Rendez-vous with French Cinema in Paris will kick-off as planned on Thursday (Jan 15), a week after a series of terrorist attacks, in which 17 people were killed, rocked the capital.
France remains on high alert after the shooting of 12 people at the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, by two radicalised brothers offended by its cartoon depictions of the Islamic prophet Mohammed; the shooting of a police woman and the slaughter of four people at a kosher supermarket in the east of the city.
The French government announced on Monday that it was deploying 10,000 troops to protect vulnerable sites across the country — including Jewish schools and neighbourhoods – amid news that security forces believed at least six members of the terrorist cell that plotted the attacks may still be at large.
Charlie Hebdo’s surviving staff have responded to the attack with a new edition of the...
- 1/13/2015
- ScreenDaily
Annual event set to showcase 90 French productions, 48 of them market premieres.
Unifrance’s annual Rendez-vous with French Cinema in Paris will kick-off as planned on Thursday (Jan 15), a week after a series of terrorist attacks, in which 17 people were killed, rocked the capital.
France remains on high alert after the shooting of 12 people at the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, by two radicalised brothers offended by its cartoon depictions of the Islamic prophet Mohammed; the shooting of a police woman and the slaughter of four people at a kosher supermarket in the east of the city.
The French government announced on Monday that it was deploying 10,000 troops to protect vulnerable sites across the country — including Jewish schools and neighbourhoods – amid news that security forces believed at least six members of the terrorist cell that plotted the attacks may still be at large.
Charlie Hebdo’s surviving staff have responded to the attack with a new edition of the...
Unifrance’s annual Rendez-vous with French Cinema in Paris will kick-off as planned on Thursday (Jan 15), a week after a series of terrorist attacks, in which 17 people were killed, rocked the capital.
France remains on high alert after the shooting of 12 people at the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, by two radicalised brothers offended by its cartoon depictions of the Islamic prophet Mohammed; the shooting of a police woman and the slaughter of four people at a kosher supermarket in the east of the city.
The French government announced on Monday that it was deploying 10,000 troops to protect vulnerable sites across the country — including Jewish schools and neighbourhoods – amid news that security forces believed at least six members of the terrorist cell that plotted the attacks may still be at large.
Charlie Hebdo’s surviving staff have responded to the attack with a new edition of the...
- 1/13/2015
- ScreenDaily
Shania Twain has gotten hitched! The country superstar and Frédéric Thiébaud got married in Puerto Rico on New Year's Day, her rep tells People exclusively. "They were married at sunset in Rincon, Puerto Rico, in front of 40 of their closest family and friends," says the rep. The couple, who confirmed their engagement last month, became romantically involved in 2009, finding solace with each other after their spouses allegedly had an affair, breaking up both marriages.In a letter to fans she posted on her Web site in December, Twain wrote, "In the last two and a half years of adjusting to life after separation and divorce,...
- 1/2/2011
- by Julie Dam
- PEOPLE.com
Shania Twain is singing it to the world. The country crooner took to her official website this morning to gush about her recent engagement to Frédéric Thiébaud, thanking "everyone who helped me believe that new beginnings are possible and that love can be trusted. "I believe in the right to be loved and the blessing of being able to love in return. Talking about love, I am excited to share some personal news with you..." See what Shania revealed... "I'm in love!" Shania exclaimed on her site. "Frédéric Nicolas Thiébaud has been a true gift to me as a compassionate, understanding friend and over time,...
- 12/21/2010
- E! Online
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