French Circuit
Posted: December 15, 2009
Albert Dupontel on the lam in Catherine Frot's home
Vilain, Le
Albert Dupontel directing 'Le Vilain'
Director: Albert Dupontel
Writer: Albert Dupontel, Diane Clavier, Simon Moutairou
Producer: Catherine Bozorgan
Stars:
Catherine Frot (Best Supporting Actress recipient - César)
Albert Dupontel (Best Actor nomination - César)
Bouli Lanners
Tri-genre: crime dark comedy
Story Situation: on-the-run
Satisfaction Rating: above average
Maturity Rating: 7+
Plotline: With gun-toting criminals on his tail, ex-bank robber Sidney, aka “The Villain” (Albert Dupontel), returns to his mother’s home after 20 years to hide out. His mother, Maniette (Catherine Frot), is both naïve and bigoted and provides easy refuge from his pursuers. Meanwhile unscrupulous land developer Nick Korazy (Bouli Lanners) attempts to buy up the neighborhood so he can evict the residents and turn the area into a new banking district. Maniette leads the neighbors in protest — much to Sidney’s dismay although he admires his mother’s ingenious methods. When he objects to her efforts, she realizes her son’s true nature and decides she must put him back on the path of righteousness. A mercilessly farcial duel immediately commences between mother and son as he fights back with sneaky traps and she counters with underhanded tricks.
France Nominates ‘Un prophète’ as Best Foreign Film
Director Jacques Audiard and actor Tahar Rahim
Having already won this year’s 62nd Cannes Grand Prix, director Jacques Audiard’s prison thriller Un prophète (A Prophet) has been selected as France’s entry in the foreign language film category for the 82nd Academy Awards, scheduled for the 7th of March 2010. Audiard, best known for the 2006 César Awards Best Picture De battre mon coeur s’est arrêté (The Beat that My Heart Skipped) about a man who must choose between a career in crime or classical music, relied upon ex-con technical advisers to help create an authentic ambiance for the present suspenser again focused upon a malleable young man confronting a hardened criminal world.
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World's Favorite Films 2010
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World Favorite Foreign Language Films 2010
Yip Man 2 (Chinese)
My Name Is Khan (Bollywood)
Nodame Cantabile 2 (Japanese)
Blood Brothers: Secret Reunion (Korean)
L'arnacoeur (French)
Doraemon: Mermaid Adventure (Japanese)
Little Big Soldier (Chinese)
La rafle (French)
Io, loro e Lara (Italian)
Liar Game (Japanese)
Our Rossiya (Russian)
Younger Brother (Japanese)
Housefull (Bollywood)
Harmony (Korean)
Go Lala Go (Chinese)
Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf 2 (Chinese)
Chico Xavier (Portuguese)
Kandahar (Russian)
