At some point in time, you must have watched on the screen astronauts tumbling into the darkness of space never to be seen again. In “Meanwhile on Earth” Franck Martens and his crew suffer a mishap and all spin off into the blackness. Martens is a national hero in France. Martens’ sister Elsa (Megan Northam)Continue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Meanwhile on Earth” (Pendent ce Temps Sur Terre)”
Tag Archives: French Cinema
RKS 2024 Film: “After the Fire” (Avant que les flames): Tired Old Plot Barely Saved by Fresh Talent
The French film “After the Fire” suffers from tired old plot syndrome perhaps more common in the news of the day or in documentaries than in a feature film. Minority member brutalized and killed by the police. It happens ubiquitously in almost all countries. In this film Karim El Yadari of Strasbourg dies after aContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “After the Fire” (Avant que les flames): Tired Old Plot Barely Saved by Fresh Talent”
RKS 2023 Films: “The Worst Ones” (Les Pires) A French “Bad News Bears” ?
We’ve seen this genre previously. A band of perceived “misfits” somehow transforms into a power to be reckoned with whether it be “Bad News Bears” or even “The Dirty Dozen”. In this case it is a group of poor youth from the “Picasso Neighbourhood” in Northern France’s Boulogne Sur Mer who are recruited to participateContinue reading “RKS 2023 Films: “The Worst Ones” (Les Pires) A French “Bad News Bears” ?”
RKS Film: “The Big Hit” (Un Triomphe)
A struggling actor Etienne (Kad Merad) volunteers at a French prison to offer a theatre workshop to a small group of prisoners. He plans to mount a Samuel Beckett play “Waiting for Godot”. This is not a simple play but in six months he has them ready to go. Their first performance in Lyon takesContinue reading “RKS Film: “The Big Hit” (Un Triomphe)”
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