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Beau-père is Blier's most unashamedly controversial film, one that tackles, with rare frankness and maturity, the two great taboos of our age: incest and paedophilia. One of the reasons why the film is so shocking in retrospect is the ease with which it manages to get the spectator to suspend his or her moral judgement and see that a liaison ...
Francouzský režisér Bertrand Blier (syn patrně slavnějšího otce, francouského herce Bernarda Bliera) představuje nejen ve francouzské kinematografii velmi ojedinělý zjev. Svým datem narození (1939) se Blier "nevešel" do skupiny tvůrců "nové vlny" a svoji nezařaditelností k jakékoliv vlně či programové skupině je tento ...
Of all Bertrand Blier's film, this is the one that, arguably, has the greatest relevance today. Indeed, it seems to be frighteningly prescient of the post-truth me-me-me world we now inhabit, a place where rationality and meaning - the bedrock of our supposedly civilised society - are becoming devalued and derided to the point that no one seems to care if they disappear altogether.
Film Review. F rench film director Bertrand Blier is no stranger to controversy, and in Tenue de soirée he frames possibly his most explicit and shocking view of the devastating power of human sexuality. The film goes much further than his first anarchistic eye-opener, Les Valseuses (1974), in showing the uglier side of male sexuality and ...
Fearless at Ground Zero: On Isabelle Huppert. Dan Callahan | 2016-11-07. On the occasion of Isabelle Huppert's new film, "Elle," Dan Callahan looks back the most memorable roles of the enigmatic actress. Bertrand Blier movie reviews & film summaries | Roger Ebert.
O nce more, director Bertrand Blier courts controversy and the wrath of the entire feminist movement with this anarchic black comedy. With tongue welded firmly to cheek, Blier implies that women are so dependent on male dominance that they would go so far as to throw away all of their independence and humiliate themselves just for a bit of the rough stuff.
Director: Bertrand Blier Script: Bertrand Blier Cinematographer: François Catonné Cast: Jean Dujardin (Charles Faulque), Albert Dupontel (Le cancer de Charles), Anne Alvaro (Louisa), Myriam Boyer (Le cancer de Louisa), Christa Theret (Evguenia), Audrey Dana (Carole Faulque), Emile Berling (Stanislas Faulque), Eric Prat (Le médecin), Farida Rahouadj (L'agent immobilier), Jean Dell (Le cancérologue), Baptiste Roussillon (Loubard 1), Damien Bonnard (Loubard 2), Laurent Desponds (Le ...
