Author: Deborah Young

Fuori

Fuori

Posted by | May 20, 2025 | , |

 Valeria Golino sparkles in ‘Fuori’, Mario Martone’s nonconformist portrait of celebrated Italian writer and provocateur Goliarda Sapienza, in an often elusive but pleasingly nonconformist feminist tale that takes a timely stand for personal liberty.

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The Little Sister

The Little Sister

Posted by | May 18, 2025 | , |

A devout young Muslim woman struggles to reconcile faith with being lesbian in Hafsia Herzi’s ‘The Little Sister’, celebrating the LGBTQIA culture in Paris in its many aspects as it explores how religion and sexuality shape self-identity.

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Case 137

Case 137

Posted by | May 16, 2025 | , |

A real-life police shooting during a chaotic demonstration of the Yellow Vests protesters in Paris lights the fuse to ‘Case 137’, a tense, exciting and meaningful police procedural centered around a tenacious officer investigating police brutality.

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Enzo

Enzo

Posted by | May 15, 2025 | , |

The final collaboration between Robin Campillo and Laurent Cantet, two masters of contemporary French cinema, strikes a warm Mediterranean high note with the well-heeled rebel Enzo, a 16-year-old boy pushing back blindly against his middle class origins.

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