Barbara Snitzer is a Movie Snob and proud of it. At her movie blog Le Movie Snob, Barbara embraces the term “snob” and explains that her use of the word is “not meant to intimidate, but rather an effort to reclaim the word from the pretentious”. Barbara does not like mainstream Hollywood blockbusters. She does not like horror films. What she likes is French Cinema so that is what she writes about so, as she puts it: “We’re all snobs; we all like what we like”. Barbara has lived in France and speaks (and teaches) the language, so has an insight into French film that most Americans do not. We asked Barbara to guest review The Conquest, a new film about French politics that opens in St. Louis today and hope she’ll come back and review more French films for We Are Movie Geeks in the future. Read...
- 2/24/2012
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
American cinema has a long history of films that delve into the compromises of politics and depict ethically shaky lunges for power, frequently drawing on real people and real events. Xavier Durringer’s The Conquest (co-written with Patrick Rotman) transfers the template of the American-style insider-y political drama to present-day France, dramatizing the rise to power of current French president Nicolas Sarkozy. Denis Podalydès plays Sarkozy as a shrewd hustler, willing to change his positions for the sake of a vote, and perpetually catching his political opponents unprepared with his habit of telling them exactly what he’s thinking ...
- 11/10/2011
- avclub.com
Check out the trailer for The Conquest, starring Denis Podalydès, Florence Pernel and Bernard Le Coq. Xavier Durringer directs and adapts from a script by writer/documentary filmmaker Patrick Rotman. Political journalist Michaël Darmon served as writing consultant. The Conquest is a droll fly on the wall French drama about Nicolas Sarkozy's rise to power and was an Official Selection for the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. The day is May 6, 2007, France's run-up to the presidential elections. As the French people are getting ready to go to the polls to elect their new president, presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy has shut himself away in his home. Though Sarkozy soon knows he has won the election, he is alone, gloomy and despondent. For hours he has been trying to reach his wife, Cécilia but to no avail. The last five years unfurl before our eyes, recounting Sarkozy's unstoppable...
- 10/19/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Check out the trailer for The Conquest, starring Denis Podalydès, Florence Pernel and Bernard Le Coq. Xavier Durringer directs and adapts from a script by writer/documentary filmmaker Patrick Rotman. Political journalist Michaël Darmon served as writing consultant. The Conquest is a droll fly on the wall French drama about Nicolas Sarkozy's rise to power and was an Official Selection for the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. The day is May 6, 2007, France's run-up to the presidential elections. As the French people are getting ready to go to the polls to elect their new president, presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy has shut himself away in his home. Though Sarkozy soon knows he has won the election, he is alone, gloomy and despondent. For hours he has been trying to reach his wife, Cécilia but to no avail. The last five years unfurl before our eyes, recounting Sarkozy's unstoppable...
- 10/19/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Inspired by British satire In The Loop, first French film to tell story of a serving president breaks last taboo
It threatens to be so true to life that it's more like a documentary than a feature film. "I'm surrounded by cretins!" shouts a stack-heeled, would-be French president at his terrified advisers. "Remember, I'm a Ferrari. When you open the bonnet, you use white gloves."
When the Cannes film festival opens next week, it will break the last taboo in French film. La Conquête, a scathing portrait of Nicolas Sarkozy's rise to power - the first French feature film brave enough to tackle a serving president - will be shown on La Croisette after a row over whether officials wanted to sideline it to spare the Elysée's blushes.
Inspired by the merciless British satire In the Loop, and subtitled "The man who won the presidency, but lost a wife...
It threatens to be so true to life that it's more like a documentary than a feature film. "I'm surrounded by cretins!" shouts a stack-heeled, would-be French president at his terrified advisers. "Remember, I'm a Ferrari. When you open the bonnet, you use white gloves."
When the Cannes film festival opens next week, it will break the last taboo in French film. La Conquête, a scathing portrait of Nicolas Sarkozy's rise to power - the first French feature film brave enough to tackle a serving president - will be shown on La Croisette after a row over whether officials wanted to sideline it to spare the Elysée's blushes.
Inspired by the merciless British satire In the Loop, and subtitled "The man who won the presidency, but lost a wife...
- 5/10/2011
- by Angelique Chrisafis
- The Guardian - Film News
Are you ready for some new images? I know you like to watch some nice pics while drinking your coffee and reading our reports, so here we are!
This time, Cannes again, and a fresh poster from the upcoming Xavier Durringer‘s project titled The Conquest, a movie that will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 18, Out of Competition. That’s exactly the same day of its release in French theaters.
As you already know, The Conquest focuses on French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s rise to power, telling in flashback, the story of his rise to power, kicking off in 2002 when Jacques Chirac wouldn’t appoint him as prime minister.
Delving into both his personal and political life, the film has drawn comparisons to ‘The Queen’ and ‘The West Wing’ and should be a juicy bit of drama. The project is written by Patrick Rotman, man best known...
This time, Cannes again, and a fresh poster from the upcoming Xavier Durringer‘s project titled The Conquest, a movie that will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 18, Out of Competition. That’s exactly the same day of its release in French theaters.
As you already know, The Conquest focuses on French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s rise to power, telling in flashback, the story of his rise to power, kicking off in 2002 when Jacques Chirac wouldn’t appoint him as prime minister.
Delving into both his personal and political life, the film has drawn comparisons to ‘The Queen’ and ‘The West Wing’ and should be a juicy bit of drama. The project is written by Patrick Rotman, man best known...
- 4/27/2011
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
I can not believe that I actually have to write about Nicolas Sarkozy, but, as you see, everything is possible nowadays. That’s why it’s no surprise that even French President Sarkozy has been submitted for consideration for the Cannes Film Festival. Or, should I say – a biopic about him? Whatever… I mean, don’t get me wrong, but I’m already bored… If you’re not – check the rest of this report for more details about the whole thing and for the trailer as well.
The Conquest (that’s the title, by the way) is directed by Xavier Durringer and written by Patrick Rotman (man best known as a director of documentaries on Francois Mitterand and Jacques Chirac, which actually means he’s quite familiar with all that political garbage).
It focuses on French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s rise to power, telling in flashback, the story of his rise to power,...
The Conquest (that’s the title, by the way) is directed by Xavier Durringer and written by Patrick Rotman (man best known as a director of documentaries on Francois Mitterand and Jacques Chirac, which actually means he’s quite familiar with all that political garbage).
It focuses on French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s rise to power, telling in flashback, the story of his rise to power,...
- 4/3/2011
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
Yesterday, the nominees for the Globe de cristal were announced. The purpose of this event is to allow the French press hand out awards in arts and culture. The artistic domains in question are cinema, television, architecture/design, literature, music, fashion, cultural exhibitions (read: museums) and stage shows.
1. Cinema:
Best film of 2009:
* Un prophète, by Jacques Audiard.
* Welcome, by Philippe Lioret.
* Oss 117: Rio ne répond plus, by Michel Hazanavicius.
* Le concert, by Radu Mihaileanu.
* À l'origine, by Xavier Giannoli.
Best actress of 2009
* Isabelle Adjani in La journée de la jupe.
* Chiara Mastroianni in "Non ma fille, tu n'iras pas danser".
* Kristin Scott Thomas in Partir.
* Marie-Josée Croze in Je l'aimais.
* Maïwenn Le Besco in Le bal des actrices.
Best actor of 2009
* Vincent Lindon in Welcome.
* Tahar Rahim in Un prophète.
* Yvan Attal in Partir.
* Jean Dujardin in Oss 117: Rio ne répond plus.
* François Cluzet in À l'origine.
1. Cinema:
Best film of 2009:
* Un prophète, by Jacques Audiard.
* Welcome, by Philippe Lioret.
* Oss 117: Rio ne répond plus, by Michel Hazanavicius.
* Le concert, by Radu Mihaileanu.
* À l'origine, by Xavier Giannoli.
Best actress of 2009
* Isabelle Adjani in La journée de la jupe.
* Chiara Mastroianni in "Non ma fille, tu n'iras pas danser".
* Kristin Scott Thomas in Partir.
* Marie-Josée Croze in Je l'aimais.
* Maïwenn Le Besco in Le bal des actrices.
Best actor of 2009
* Vincent Lindon in Welcome.
* Tahar Rahim in Un prophète.
* Yvan Attal in Partir.
* Jean Dujardin in Oss 117: Rio ne répond plus.
* François Cluzet in À l'origine.
- 12/30/2009
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
Okay, so I think we all have something we can now say about ill-advised wars. France, though, learned its lesson 50 years ago. A lot of lives (some 500,000, both soldier and civilian) were lost in trying keep Algiers from declaring its independence, but the battle, which ran from 1954 to 1962, has received sparse treatment on film. Director Florent-Emilio Sari and screenwriter Patrick Rotman -- who also wrote a book and a documentary series on the subject -- have sought to remedy the situation with Intimate Enemies. Siri definitely has a knack for playing the audience. He makes the most of his Moroccan locations, finding an eerie beauty in the barren landscape, and can pull off a tense sequence in which the main protagonist, the idealistic Lt. Terrien (Benoit Magimel), agonizes over whether to open fire on some distantly spied...
- 10/6/2009
- by Dan Persons
- Huffington Post
PARIS -- "2 Days in Paris" director, star and scribe Julie Delpy took home the UGS' second annual Jacques Prevert Prize for best original French screenplay Monday. Ronald Harwood earned the French screenwriters union's best adaptation prize for "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," based on Dominique Bauby's autobiographical novel.
Delpy's hit comedy beat out fellow nominees Olivier Dahan for "La Vie en Rose", Abdellatif Kechiche for "The Secret of the Grain", Patrick Rotman and Florent Emilio Siri for "Intimate Enemies" and Gregoire Vigneron and Laurent Tirard for "Moliere".
Other nominees in the best adaptation category included Christina Carriere and Pascal Arnold for "Darling", Nathalie Carter and Claude Miller for "A Secret", Elisabeth Perceval for "The Human Question" and Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud for "Persepolis".
French writer-director Daniele Thompson presided over the ceremony at Paris' Orangerie restaurant Monday afternoon.
Delpy's hit comedy beat out fellow nominees Olivier Dahan for "La Vie en Rose", Abdellatif Kechiche for "The Secret of the Grain", Patrick Rotman and Florent Emilio Siri for "Intimate Enemies" and Gregoire Vigneron and Laurent Tirard for "Moliere".
Other nominees in the best adaptation category included Christina Carriere and Pascal Arnold for "Darling", Nathalie Carter and Claude Miller for "A Secret", Elisabeth Perceval for "The Human Question" and Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud for "Persepolis".
French writer-director Daniele Thompson presided over the ceremony at Paris' Orangerie restaurant Monday afternoon.
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