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W.C. is a 2007 Irish independent film about two toilet attendants working in a jazz bar. [3] [4] The film premiered at the 2007 Dublin Film Festival and was screened at several other international film festivals. [5] It won the 'best foreign film' award at the 2009 Las Vegas Film Festival and 'best feature film' at the Waterford Film Festival.
The Balconettes is the second feature film directed (and co-written) by Noémie Merlant, who is primarily known as an actress, following her award-winning debut film Mi Iubita Mon Amour (2021). [3] Merlant wrote the screenplay in collaboration with Céline Sciamma , who previously directed Merlant in her 2019 historical drama film Portrait of a ...
The depictions of women in film noir come in a range of archetypes and stock characters, including the alluring femme fatale. A femme fatale ( / ˌ f æ m f ə ˈ t ɑː l / or / ˌ f ɛ m f ə ˈ t ɑː l / ; French: [fam fatal] , literally "lethal woman"), is a prevalent and indicating theme to the style of film noir .
Film noir is not a clearly defined genre (see here for details on the characteristics). Therefore, the composition of this list may be controversial. To minimize dispute the films included here should preferably feature a footnote linking to a reliable, published source which states that the mentioned film is considered to be a film noir by an expert in this field, e.g.
Night Wind (French: Le Vent de la nuit) is a French drama film that came out in 1999, starring Catherine Deneuve and directed by Philippe Garrel, with a score by John Cale. It tells a story of transient loves and willed deaths, in which a callow young man abandons an older woman and loses a wiser friend.
Black Venus (French: Vénus noire) is a 2010 French drama film directed by Abdellatif Kechiche. It is based on the life of Sarah Baartman , a Khoikhoi woman who in the early 19th century was exhibited in Europe under the name "Hottentot Venus". [ 1 ]
Une Femme ou Deux (English: One Woman or Two) is a French screwball comedy romance film released in 1985. It was directed by Daniel Vigne , who was also the screenwriter along with Élisabeth Rappeneau. It stars Gérard Depardieu, Sigourney Weaver, and Dr. Ruth Westheimer. [4]
Métisse (also known as Café au lait) is a 1993 French film directed by Mathieu Kassovitz. Plot. Lola, a young West Indian Métis, is pregnant. However, she does not ...