If I were to count on one hand the most preeminent humanist filmmakers of our time, the first two fingers would have to be dedicated to Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. Bringing empathy and insight to stories of immigrants, outcasts and the working poor, the Belgian siblings have dedicated their career to observing characters Western society prefers to overlook.
In that time, the brothers have screened every one of their 12 features at Cannes, collecting two Palme d’Or trophies — in 1999 for “Rosetta” and 2002 for “L’Enfant.” The Dardennes keep the prizes in the office they share at their Liège-based production company, Les Films du Fleuve. “They are in an armoire so the sight of them doesn’t weigh too heavily on our shoulders when we start working on a new film,” they tell Variety.
Few directors have produced as thematically or aesthetically consistent an oeuvre as the Dardennes, whose direct, observational style...
In that time, the brothers have screened every one of their 12 features at Cannes, collecting two Palme d’Or trophies — in 1999 for “Rosetta” and 2002 for “L’Enfant.” The Dardennes keep the prizes in the office they share at their Liège-based production company, Les Films du Fleuve. “They are in an armoire so the sight of them doesn’t weigh too heavily on our shoulders when we start working on a new film,” they tell Variety.
Few directors have produced as thematically or aesthetically consistent an oeuvre as the Dardennes, whose direct, observational style...
- 4/13/2023
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
The much-maligned Richard III finally gets the royal treatment in Stephen Frears’ The Lost King as amateur historian Philippa Langley unearths the monarch’s five-century-old remains in a parking lot in Leicester, England, in 2012. Two books and a documentary later, IFC Films presents the feature film version in 750+ theaters.
“It took eight years from starting the search to cutting the tarmac. To see it telescoped into a hundred or so minutes made it really powerful for me,” Langley, who’s played in the film by Sally Hawkins, told Deadline.
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“It took eight years from starting the search to cutting the tarmac. To see it telescoped into a hundred or so minutes made it really powerful for me,” Langley, who’s played in the film by Sally Hawkins, told Deadline.
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- 3/24/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Filmmakers from Portugal, Chile and India discussed their features.
The use of love stories to address a variety of issues was discussed by four directors with films selected for the Tiger competition of this year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).
The filmmakers - Marguerite de Hillerin, Félix Dutilloy-Liégeois, Roberto Doveris and Rahat Mahajan - spoke virtually during the IFFR on Tuesday (February 1).
De Hillerin and Dutilloy-Liégeois’ A Criança is set in 16th century Portugal and explores the life of a young man, Bela, from a poor Lisbon neighbourhood which was transformed after his adoption by a merchant whose son had died.
The use of love stories to address a variety of issues was discussed by four directors with films selected for the Tiger competition of this year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).
The filmmakers - Marguerite de Hillerin, Félix Dutilloy-Liégeois, Roberto Doveris and Rahat Mahajan - spoke virtually during the IFFR on Tuesday (February 1).
De Hillerin and Dutilloy-Liégeois’ A Criança is set in 16th century Portugal and explores the life of a young man, Bela, from a poor Lisbon neighbourhood which was transformed after his adoption by a merchant whose son had died.
- 2/3/2022
- by Alina Trabattoni
- ScreenDaily
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