France’s Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma unveiled its nominations for the César Awards this morning in Paris. The races for the country’s Oscar equivalent are led by Xavier Legrand’s feature debut Jusqu’à La Garde (Custody) and Gilles Lellouche’s Le Grand Bain (Sink Or Swim) with 10 mentions each. They are followed by Jacques Audiard’s English-language western, The Sisters Brothers, and Pierre Salvadori’s En Liberté! (The Trouble With You) with nine a piece. All four are in the Best Picture and Director categories.
There’s a noticeably lighter edge to the nominations this year with Le Grand Bain a sort of Full Monty à la française that sees a group of middle-aged men form a synchronized swimming team. The movie debuted out of competition in Cannes and became the 3rd highest grossing local title of 2018 with over 5M tickets sold.
Also out of Cannes,...
There’s a noticeably lighter edge to the nominations this year with Le Grand Bain a sort of Full Monty à la française that sees a group of middle-aged men form a synchronized swimming team. The movie debuted out of competition in Cannes and became the 3rd highest grossing local title of 2018 with over 5M tickets sold.
Also out of Cannes,...
- 1/23/2019
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Steven Soderbergh’s Ocean’s Eleven – a slick remake of The Rat Pack‘s 1960 film – kick started a trilogy that would dominate the early millennium on the big screen. Amassing a star-laden cast list collective, the Ocean’s trilogy remains fondly recalled by many as top notch Hollywood escapism and, flaws notwithstanding, an example of confident, classy, big budget, filmmaking. Since its finale in 2007, many pondered whether we would see an Ocean’s Fourteen but a few were caught by surprise by the announcement of not only a lower digit titled spin-off/sequel but one led by an all female cast.
Amidst the wave of change blowing through the industry, gender and diversity are the biggest issues in modern movie making and this film has understandably garnered a few headlines. From breaking new box office ground for the series to some sniffy (albeit overall more positive) reviews from critics leading...
Amidst the wave of change blowing through the industry, gender and diversity are the biggest issues in modern movie making and this film has understandably garnered a few headlines. From breaking new box office ground for the series to some sniffy (albeit overall more positive) reviews from critics leading...
- 6/27/2018
- by Jack Bottomley
- The Cultural Post
The right people have been hired, and everyone is where they’re supposed to be. That level of planning makes the heist in “Ocean’s 8” run fairly smoothly. As for the film itself, similarly curated with care, it gets the job done without ever being one for the record books.
The idea of a spin on the breezy “Ocean’s” capers featuring an all-female cast is a great one, and the crew assembled here represents an octet of terrific screen presences. So terrific, in fact, that it’s hard not to mentally leap to how great the movie could have been while it amiably spins its wheels. It’s not a waste of time, but it does feel like a wasted opportunity.
Take Sandra Bullock: as mastermind Debbie Ocean, who has spent years in jail concocting an intricate scheme to rob the annual Met Gala, she’s brilliantly deadpan in the early scenes,...
The idea of a spin on the breezy “Ocean’s” capers featuring an all-female cast is a great one, and the crew assembled here represents an octet of terrific screen presences. So terrific, in fact, that it’s hard not to mentally leap to how great the movie could have been while it amiably spins its wheels. It’s not a waste of time, but it does feel like a wasted opportunity.
Take Sandra Bullock: as mastermind Debbie Ocean, who has spent years in jail concocting an intricate scheme to rob the annual Met Gala, she’s brilliantly deadpan in the early scenes,...
- 6/6/2018
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
Simon Brew Dec 20, 2017
Sandra Bullock headlines the ensemble for Ocean's 8 - and the first trailer has landed...
Warner Bros has released the first trailer for next year’s Ocean’s 8, the movie that sort-of reboots the Ocean’s series of films, albeit with a new cast.
This time, the ensemble is led by Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett. The Hunger Games’ Gary Ross directs. And the first trailer looks like this…
The official synopsis for the movie has also been released. And it’s right here…
The tide has turned and it’s a whole new “Ocean’s” when eight women plan and execute a heist in New York. Oscar winner Sandra Bullock stars in the title role, alongside Oscar winners Cate Blanchett and Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson, Awkwafina, with Rihanna and Oscar nominee Helena Bonham Carter. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Gary Ross is directing.
Ross directs from a screenplay...
Sandra Bullock headlines the ensemble for Ocean's 8 - and the first trailer has landed...
Warner Bros has released the first trailer for next year’s Ocean’s 8, the movie that sort-of reboots the Ocean’s series of films, albeit with a new cast.
This time, the ensemble is led by Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett. The Hunger Games’ Gary Ross directs. And the first trailer looks like this…
The official synopsis for the movie has also been released. And it’s right here…
The tide has turned and it’s a whole new “Ocean’s” when eight women plan and execute a heist in New York. Oscar winner Sandra Bullock stars in the title role, alongside Oscar winners Cate Blanchett and Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson, Awkwafina, with Rihanna and Oscar nominee Helena Bonham Carter. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Gary Ross is directing.
Ross directs from a screenplay...
- 12/20/2017
- Den of Geek
Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ give audiences this first look at Ocean’s 8 from one of New York City’s most iconic locales: the subway.
The tide will turn as (L-r) Debbie Ocean (Sandra Bullock) attempts to pull off the heist of the century at New York City’s star-studded annual Met Gala.
Her first stop is to assemble the perfect crew: Lou (Cate Blanchett); Nine Ball (Rihanna); Amita (Mindy Kaling); Constance (Awkwafina); Rose (Helena Bonham Carter); Daphne Kluger (Anne Hathaway); and Tammy (Sarah Paulson).
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Gary Ross is directing.
Ross directs from a screenplay he wrote with Olivia Milch (upcoming “Dude”), with Steven Soderbergh and Jon Kilik producing, Michael Tadross, Susan Ekins, Sandra Bullock, Diana Alvarez and Bruce Berman executive producing, and Milch co-producing. Filming is taking place in and around New York City.
Collaborating with Ross behind the scenes are director of photography Eigil Bryld (“In Bruges,...
The tide will turn as (L-r) Debbie Ocean (Sandra Bullock) attempts to pull off the heist of the century at New York City’s star-studded annual Met Gala.
Her first stop is to assemble the perfect crew: Lou (Cate Blanchett); Nine Ball (Rihanna); Amita (Mindy Kaling); Constance (Awkwafina); Rose (Helena Bonham Carter); Daphne Kluger (Anne Hathaway); and Tammy (Sarah Paulson).
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Gary Ross is directing.
Ross directs from a screenplay he wrote with Olivia Milch (upcoming “Dude”), with Steven Soderbergh and Jon Kilik producing, Michael Tadross, Susan Ekins, Sandra Bullock, Diana Alvarez and Bruce Berman executive producing, and Milch co-producing. Filming is taking place in and around New York City.
Collaborating with Ross behind the scenes are director of photography Eigil Bryld (“In Bruges,...
- 1/30/2017
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Starry cast includes Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Rihanna.
Production is underway on Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ Ocean’s 8, which follows eight women who plan and execute a heist in New York.
Oscar-winner Sandra Bullock leads the starry, female-driven cast. She is joined by fellow Oscar-winners Cate Blanchett and Anne Hathaway, Oscar-nominee Helena Bonham Carter, Grammy-winning singer and actress Rihanna, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson and American rapper Awkwafina.
The shoot is currently taking place in New York.
Gary Ross directs the film from a screenplay co-written by Ross and Olivia Milch (Dude).
Steven Soderbergh and Jon Kilik are producing, with Michael Tadross, Susan Ekins, Bullock, Diana Alvarez and Bruce Berman executive producing. Screenwriter Milch is also co-producing.
Behind the scenes are director of photography Eigil Bryld (In Bruges), production designer Alex Digerlando (Beasts Of The Southern Wild), editor Juliette Welfling (Free State of Jones), costume designer Sarah Edwards (Tower Heist) and composer [link=nm...
Production is underway on Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ Ocean’s 8, which follows eight women who plan and execute a heist in New York.
Oscar-winner Sandra Bullock leads the starry, female-driven cast. She is joined by fellow Oscar-winners Cate Blanchett and Anne Hathaway, Oscar-nominee Helena Bonham Carter, Grammy-winning singer and actress Rihanna, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson and American rapper Awkwafina.
The shoot is currently taking place in New York.
Gary Ross directs the film from a screenplay co-written by Ross and Olivia Milch (Dude).
Steven Soderbergh and Jon Kilik are producing, with Michael Tadross, Susan Ekins, Bullock, Diana Alvarez and Bruce Berman executive producing. Screenwriter Milch is also co-producing.
Behind the scenes are director of photography Eigil Bryld (In Bruges), production designer Alex Digerlando (Beasts Of The Southern Wild), editor Juliette Welfling (Free State of Jones), costume designer Sarah Edwards (Tower Heist) and composer [link=nm...
- 11/3/2016
- ScreenDaily
The tide has turned and it’s a whole new Ocean’s when eight women plan and execute a heist in New York. Oscar winner Sandra Bullock stars in the title role, alongside Oscar winners Cate Blanchett and Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson, Awkwafina, with Rihanna and Oscar nominee Helena Bonham Carter. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Gary Ross is directing.
Ross directs from a screenplay he wrote with Olivia Milch (upcoming Dude), with Steven Soderbergh and Jon Kilik producing, Michael Tadross, Susan Ekins, Sandra Bullock, Diana Alvarez and Bruce Berman executive producing, and Milch co-producing. Filming is taking place in and around New York City.
Collaborating with Ross behind the scenes are director of photography Eigil Bryld (In Bruges, Not Fade Away), production designer Alex Digerlando (Beasts of the Southern Wild,”HBO’s True Detective), editor Juliette Welfling (Free State of Jones, The Hunger Games), costume designer Sarah Edwards (Tower Heist,...
Ross directs from a screenplay he wrote with Olivia Milch (upcoming Dude), with Steven Soderbergh and Jon Kilik producing, Michael Tadross, Susan Ekins, Sandra Bullock, Diana Alvarez and Bruce Berman executive producing, and Milch co-producing. Filming is taking place in and around New York City.
Collaborating with Ross behind the scenes are director of photography Eigil Bryld (In Bruges, Not Fade Away), production designer Alex Digerlando (Beasts of the Southern Wild,”HBO’s True Detective), editor Juliette Welfling (Free State of Jones, The Hunger Games), costume designer Sarah Edwards (Tower Heist,...
- 11/2/2016
- by Kellvin Chavez
- LRMonline.com
Production on the All-Female reboot of Ocean's 11 is underway! Come inside to find out more about the latest heist film!
Starting today, Warner Bros. and Director Gary Ross (Seabiscuit, The Hunger Games, Free State of Jones) begin production on their all-female reboot of the Ocean's franchise. Contrary to its predecessors, there won't be 11 members. Instead, 8 female actors consisting of Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling, Helena Bonham Carter, Sarah Paulson, Rihanna, and Awkwafina will join forces in a new heist film, Ocean's 8.
While there are only 8, the team seems reminiscent of 2001's elite team of George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Bernie Mac, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Don Cheadle etc. You've got your A-Listers in Bullock, Blanchett, and Hathaway much like Clooney, Pitt, and Damon are. Then, there is the supporting crew that round out the rest.
Not much is known about the plot of Ocean's 8,...
Starting today, Warner Bros. and Director Gary Ross (Seabiscuit, The Hunger Games, Free State of Jones) begin production on their all-female reboot of the Ocean's franchise. Contrary to its predecessors, there won't be 11 members. Instead, 8 female actors consisting of Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling, Helena Bonham Carter, Sarah Paulson, Rihanna, and Awkwafina will join forces in a new heist film, Ocean's 8.
While there are only 8, the team seems reminiscent of 2001's elite team of George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Bernie Mac, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Don Cheadle etc. You've got your A-Listers in Bullock, Blanchett, and Hathaway much like Clooney, Pitt, and Damon are. Then, there is the supporting crew that round out the rest.
Not much is known about the plot of Ocean's 8,...
- 11/2/2016
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Matt Malliaros)
- Cinelinx
Amour, Haneke, veterans Riva and Jean-Louis Trintignant: The 38th Prix César Austrian-based filmmaker Michael Haneke's French-language drama about love, aging, illness, and death, Amour, won a total of five Césars earlier this evening at a ceremony held at Paris' Théâtre du Châtelet: Best Film, Best Actress for veteran Emmanuelle Riva, Best Actor for the equally veteran Jean-Louis Trintignant, Best Director for Haneke, and Best Original Screenplay (written by Haneke himself). [Pictured above: Best Actress César winner Emmanuelle Riva, looking radiant.] "I'm very lucky at this stage in my life to experience such a wonder," said Riva, who became an international film personality after the release of Alain Resnais' classic Hiroshima Mon Amour in 1959. Haneke was no present at the ceremony, for, at least according to one report, he's working on a production of the opera Cosi Fan Tutte, which debuts on Saturday in Spain. (As per other reports, the filmmaker is in Los Angeles for the Academy Awards.
- 2/23/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Michael Haneke’s Amour won five César awards including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor and Best original screenplay. The award ceremony was held on Friday night.
Les Invisibles by Sébastien Lifshitz won the Best Documentary and Argo by Ben Affleck won the Best Foreign Film.
2013 César winners:
Best film: Amour
Best director: Michael Haneke, Amour
Best original screenplay: Haneke, Amour
Best actress: Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Best actor: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Amour
Best foreign film: Argo, Ben Affleck
Best supporting actress: Valérie Benguigui, What’s In A Name
Best supporting actor: Guillaume de Tonquedec, What’s In A Name
Best upcoming actress: Izia Higelin, Mauvaise Fille
Best upcoming actor: Matthias Schoenaerts, Rust And Bone
Best first film: Louise Wimmer, directed by Cyril Mennegun
Best animation film: Ernest And Celestine, directed by Benjamin Renner, Vincent Patar and Stéphane Aubier
Best documentary: Les Invisibles, Sébastien Lifshitz
Best adaptation: Jacques Audiard and Thomas Bidegain,...
Les Invisibles by Sébastien Lifshitz won the Best Documentary and Argo by Ben Affleck won the Best Foreign Film.
2013 César winners:
Best film: Amour
Best director: Michael Haneke, Amour
Best original screenplay: Haneke, Amour
Best actress: Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Best actor: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Amour
Best foreign film: Argo, Ben Affleck
Best supporting actress: Valérie Benguigui, What’s In A Name
Best supporting actor: Guillaume de Tonquedec, What’s In A Name
Best upcoming actress: Izia Higelin, Mauvaise Fille
Best upcoming actor: Matthias Schoenaerts, Rust And Bone
Best first film: Louise Wimmer, directed by Cyril Mennegun
Best animation film: Ernest And Celestine, directed by Benjamin Renner, Vincent Patar and Stéphane Aubier
Best documentary: Les Invisibles, Sébastien Lifshitz
Best adaptation: Jacques Audiard and Thomas Bidegain,...
- 2/23/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The nominations for the César Awards aka the French Oscars were announced. "Farewell, My Queen," "Amour," "Camille Redouble," "In the House," "Rust & Bone," "Holy Motors," and "What's My Name" are competing for the Best Picture category. We'll find out the winners on February 22nd.
Here's the full list of nominees of the 2013 César Awards:
Best Picture
Farewell, My Queen
Amour
Camille Redouble
In The House
Rust & Bone
Holy Motors
What.s In A Name
Best Director
Benoît Jacquot, Farewell, My Queen
Michael Haneke, Amour
Noémie Lvovsky, Camille Redouble
François Ozon, In The House
Jacques Audiard, Rust & Bone
Leos Carax, Holy Motors
Stéphane Brizé, Quelques Heures De Printemps
Best Actress
Catherine Frot, Les Sauveurs Du Palais
Marion Cotillard, Rust & Bone
Noémie Lvovsky, Camille Redouble
Corinne Masiero, Louise Wimmer
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Léa Seydoux, Farewell, My Queen
Hélène Vincent, Quelques Heures De Printemps
Best Actor
Jean-Pierre Bacri, Cherchez Hortense
Patrick Bruel, What...
Here's the full list of nominees of the 2013 César Awards:
Best Picture
Farewell, My Queen
Amour
Camille Redouble
In The House
Rust & Bone
Holy Motors
What.s In A Name
Best Director
Benoît Jacquot, Farewell, My Queen
Michael Haneke, Amour
Noémie Lvovsky, Camille Redouble
François Ozon, In The House
Jacques Audiard, Rust & Bone
Leos Carax, Holy Motors
Stéphane Brizé, Quelques Heures De Printemps
Best Actress
Catherine Frot, Les Sauveurs Du Palais
Marion Cotillard, Rust & Bone
Noémie Lvovsky, Camille Redouble
Corinne Masiero, Louise Wimmer
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Léa Seydoux, Farewell, My Queen
Hélène Vincent, Quelques Heures De Printemps
Best Actor
Jean-Pierre Bacri, Cherchez Hortense
Patrick Bruel, What...
- 1/27/2013
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
An amalgamation of post-apocalyptic science-fiction and primal survival story, with a touch of romance, it is no surprise that The Hunger Games is being presented as the next big event film. With a tagline that couldn’t be more appropriate (“the world will be watching”), Gary Ross adapts the Suzanne Collins best-seller into an entertaining fantasy adventure, skillfully accentuating the emotional beats and character-focused storytelling.
Beginning in the outcast-filled District 12, a territory on the outskirts of this dystopian nation known as Panem, 11 more Districts lead up to the haven known as The Capitol, occupied by the vibrantly dressed 1%. As a punishing reminder of the rebellion by the now-destroyed District 13, each year a boy and a girl, known as “tributes,” are selected via random lottery and the chosen 24 battle to the death for spectacle of the elite.
During this selection, or “reaping,” Ross employs a suppressed stillness in the audible landscape,...
Beginning in the outcast-filled District 12, a territory on the outskirts of this dystopian nation known as Panem, 11 more Districts lead up to the haven known as The Capitol, occupied by the vibrantly dressed 1%. As a punishing reminder of the rebellion by the now-destroyed District 13, each year a boy and a girl, known as “tributes,” are selected via random lottery and the chosen 24 battle to the death for spectacle of the elite.
During this selection, or “reaping,” Ross employs a suppressed stillness in the audible landscape,...
- 3/21/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, The Hunger Games Below is another The Hunger Games clip, this one featuring the first meeting between Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and Cinna (Lenny Kravitz). The first thing I noticed about this brief scene is that there's a video quality to it that I found jarring. Also, I found it hard to understand why Gary Ross and/or editors Stephen Mirrione and Juliette Welfling kept cutting it from different angles. Those edits didn't add to the emotional undercurrent of the Katniss-Cinna chat, nor did they make Jennifer Lawrence's and Lenny Kravitz's performances any more effective. Anyhow, people surely aren't going to buy tickets to The Hunger Games to listen to the various characters talk. They'll be looking for action and cool visuals. Director Ross and his team should be able to provide that. In addition to Kravitz and Lawrence, a 2010 Best Actress Academy Award nominee...
- 3/8/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Yesterday, Jennifer Lawrence took the podium – tough Katniss on The Capitol interview stage-style - to perform the 2012 Academy Award nominations reading, but that's just a drop in the bucket when it comes to "The Hunger Games" Oscar connections.
In fact, between the cast and filmmakers, we counted more than two dozen Oscar nominations and quite a few wins. Who knew these gamekeepers, so to speak, were so accomplished?!
This list should tell you just what caliber of talent is involved in "The Hunger Games," both on and off-screen.
Jennifer Lawrence: 1
Katniss herself, Jennifer Lawrence, was one of 2010's Best Actress nominees for her work as Ree in "Winter's Bone," and while she didn't win, she sure turned some heads and clenched her spot on the list of must-watch young actresses early in her career thanks to it.
Josh Hutcherson: 0
Okay, so our future Peeta, Josh Hutcherson, didn't actually get any Academy Awards nominations,...
In fact, between the cast and filmmakers, we counted more than two dozen Oscar nominations and quite a few wins. Who knew these gamekeepers, so to speak, were so accomplished?!
This list should tell you just what caliber of talent is involved in "The Hunger Games," both on and off-screen.
Jennifer Lawrence: 1
Katniss herself, Jennifer Lawrence, was one of 2010's Best Actress nominees for her work as Ree in "Winter's Bone," and while she didn't win, she sure turned some heads and clenched her spot on the list of must-watch young actresses early in her career thanks to it.
Josh Hutcherson: 0
Okay, so our future Peeta, Josh Hutcherson, didn't actually get any Academy Awards nominations,...
- 1/25/2012
- by Amanda Bell
- NextMovie
"A Prophet" has come home victorious at the 35th Annual Cesar Awards. Being nominated in thirteen categories, the film managed to land nine kudos, two of which were presented to its star Tahar Rahim. The 18-year-old won best actor and breakthrough performance for his role as a 19-year-old small-time hood who becomes a Mafia kingpin behind bars.
His co-star Niels Arestrup, in the meantime, was named best supporting actor. Additionally, the film has aided its helmer Jacques Audiard to receive best director award. This drama movie got the other gongs from original screenplay, cinematography, sound, editing as well as set design categories.
In the foreign film category, Clint Eastwood's "Gran Torino" beat James Cameron's "Avatar" and Cannes Palme d'Or winner "The White Ribbon". The event, which was held on Saturday, February 27 in Paris, also handed out an honorary Cesar to Harrison Ford.
Full Winners List of the 35th...
His co-star Niels Arestrup, in the meantime, was named best supporting actor. Additionally, the film has aided its helmer Jacques Audiard to receive best director award. This drama movie got the other gongs from original screenplay, cinematography, sound, editing as well as set design categories.
In the foreign film category, Clint Eastwood's "Gran Torino" beat James Cameron's "Avatar" and Cannes Palme d'Or winner "The White Ribbon". The event, which was held on Saturday, February 27 in Paris, also handed out an honorary Cesar to Harrison Ford.
Full Winners List of the 35th...
- 3/1/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
No surprises at the 35th Cesars, as A Prophet cleaned up in all major categories it was nominated in: Best Film, Best Director (Audiard), Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography (Stephane Fontaine), Best Editing (Juliette Welfling), Best Art Direction (Michel Barthelemy) and last but not least, one of my top 5 performance of the year, Niels Arestrup won for Best Supporting... - No surprises at the 35th Césars, as A Prophet cleaned up in all major categories it was nominated in: Best Film, Best Director (Audiard), Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography (Stephane Fontaine), Best Editing (Juliette Welfling), Best Art Direction (Michel Barthelemy) and last but not least, one of my top 5 performance of the year, Niels Arestrup won for Best Supporting -- he of course won best supporting in The Beat that My Heart Skipped. The revelation of the year Tahar Rahim won a pair of awards...
- 2/28/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Adel Bencherif, Tahar Rahim in A Prophet (top); Vincent Lindon, Farit Ayverdi in Welcome (middle); Yvan Atall in Rapt (bottom) With 13 nods, Jacques Audiard’s prison drama A Prophet — one of the semi-finalists for this year’s best foreign language film Oscar, leads the 2010 Cesar Award nominations. In addition to best film and best director mentions, A Prophet is also up for best actor and male newcomer (Tahar Rahim, with two nods), best supporting actor (Niels Arestrup), best male newcomer (Adel Bencherif), best screenplay (Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Abdel Raouf Dafri, Nicolas Peufaillit), and best editing (Juliette Welfling). The runners-up are Xavier Giannoli’s In the Beginning, the tale of a con man (best actor nominee François Cluzet) involved in the building [...]...
- 1/23/2010
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
Director Olivier Dahan made a big impression with his first full-length feature, a film noir entitled "Already Dead". His eagerly awaited second movie, "Le Petit Poucet" ("Tom Thumb"), moves from one genre to another. This time he has made a horror movie, but a horror movie with a twist -- it is seemingly aimed at children.
"Le Petit Poucet" is based on a children's story by Charles Perrault, but moviegoers expecting a Disney-like tale of simple folk will be sorely disappointed. The movie opened strongly with more than 50,000 admissions on the first day with audiences undoubtedly drawn by the glittering cast of Catherine Deneuve, Romane Bohringer and Samy Naceri.
Poucet (Nils Hugon) is the youngest of five brothers born to a desperately poor peasant family. The mother (Bohringer) and father (Pierre Berriau) struggle to feed the family. Then war is declared and all food is requisitioned, first by the enemy and then by the government.
The parents decide they would rather leave the children to fend for themselves in the forest than watch them die of hunger. Poucet overhears their plan and manages to save his brothers by leaving a trail they follow back home. A second attempt at abandoning the children is more successful and Poucet and his brothers are caught up in a spine-chilling adventure that includes baying wolves and a child-eating ogre. This being a fairy-tale, the ending is predictably happy ever after, but not before an average 6-year-old will be screaming to go home.
Dahan shot the movie entirely in the studio, doing his best to create a somber mood. This is a twilight world never troubled with sunlight. The sky is either slate gray or blood red and the forest is a mist-soaked, foreboding place.
Into this hellish existence, Dahan drops two horrific characters: a soldier with an iron leg (Naceri), who wants to burn the children to death on a bonfire, and a seven-foot tall-ogre (Dominque Hulin) who wears an iron mask with huge metal fangs.
Classic children's stories are no stranger to frightening characters and base their very existence on a panoply of witches, giants, ogres and wolves. But there is a huge difference between fear and terror. "Le Petit Poucet" relies heavily on well-honed, horror-movie techniques. In one scene, where the ogre stabs his own daughters to death, the shot of the flashing knife is accompanied by a pastiche of the music from the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho". Dahan demands of a young audience a maturity and sophistication that is beyond their capabilities.
The younger members of the cast perform well and appear suitably terrified, although one asks just how much of this is due to their acting ability. The adult actors are required to do very little and are often upstaged by costumes and makeup. Dahan would have done well to pay less attention to form and more to content.
LE PETIT POUCET
La Chauve-Souris
Producer: Eric Neve
Director: Olivier Dahan
Writers: Olivier Dahan, Agnes Fustier-Dahan
Music: Joe Hisaishi
Set designer: Michel Barthelemy
Costume designer: Gigi Lepage
Editor: Juliette Welfling
Stereo/color
Cast:
Poucet: Nils Hugon
Rose: Hanna Berthault
Poucet's mother: Romane Bohringer
Poucet's father: Pierre Berriau
Ogre: Dominque Hulin
Ogre's wife: Elodie Bouchez
Soldier with iron leg: Samy Naceri
The Queen: Catherine Deneuve
Running time -- 90 minutes
No MPPA rating...
"Le Petit Poucet" is based on a children's story by Charles Perrault, but moviegoers expecting a Disney-like tale of simple folk will be sorely disappointed. The movie opened strongly with more than 50,000 admissions on the first day with audiences undoubtedly drawn by the glittering cast of Catherine Deneuve, Romane Bohringer and Samy Naceri.
Poucet (Nils Hugon) is the youngest of five brothers born to a desperately poor peasant family. The mother (Bohringer) and father (Pierre Berriau) struggle to feed the family. Then war is declared and all food is requisitioned, first by the enemy and then by the government.
The parents decide they would rather leave the children to fend for themselves in the forest than watch them die of hunger. Poucet overhears their plan and manages to save his brothers by leaving a trail they follow back home. A second attempt at abandoning the children is more successful and Poucet and his brothers are caught up in a spine-chilling adventure that includes baying wolves and a child-eating ogre. This being a fairy-tale, the ending is predictably happy ever after, but not before an average 6-year-old will be screaming to go home.
Dahan shot the movie entirely in the studio, doing his best to create a somber mood. This is a twilight world never troubled with sunlight. The sky is either slate gray or blood red and the forest is a mist-soaked, foreboding place.
Into this hellish existence, Dahan drops two horrific characters: a soldier with an iron leg (Naceri), who wants to burn the children to death on a bonfire, and a seven-foot tall-ogre (Dominque Hulin) who wears an iron mask with huge metal fangs.
Classic children's stories are no stranger to frightening characters and base their very existence on a panoply of witches, giants, ogres and wolves. But there is a huge difference between fear and terror. "Le Petit Poucet" relies heavily on well-honed, horror-movie techniques. In one scene, where the ogre stabs his own daughters to death, the shot of the flashing knife is accompanied by a pastiche of the music from the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho". Dahan demands of a young audience a maturity and sophistication that is beyond their capabilities.
The younger members of the cast perform well and appear suitably terrified, although one asks just how much of this is due to their acting ability. The adult actors are required to do very little and are often upstaged by costumes and makeup. Dahan would have done well to pay less attention to form and more to content.
LE PETIT POUCET
La Chauve-Souris
Producer: Eric Neve
Director: Olivier Dahan
Writers: Olivier Dahan, Agnes Fustier-Dahan
Music: Joe Hisaishi
Set designer: Michel Barthelemy
Costume designer: Gigi Lepage
Editor: Juliette Welfling
Stereo/color
Cast:
Poucet: Nils Hugon
Rose: Hanna Berthault
Poucet's mother: Romane Bohringer
Poucet's father: Pierre Berriau
Ogre: Dominque Hulin
Ogre's wife: Elodie Bouchez
Soldier with iron leg: Samy Naceri
The Queen: Catherine Deneuve
Running time -- 90 minutes
No MPPA rating...
Director Olivier Dahan made a big impression with his first full-length feature, a film noir entitled "Already Dead". His eagerly awaited second movie, "Le Petit Poucet" ("Tom Thumb"), moves from one genre to another. This time he has made a horror movie, but a horror movie with a twist -- it is seemingly aimed at children.
"Le Petit Poucet" is based on a children's story by Charles Perrault, but moviegoers expecting a Disney-like tale of simple folk will be sorely disappointed. The movie opened strongly with more than 50,000 admissions on the first day with audiences undoubtedly drawn by the glittering cast of Catherine Deneuve, Romane Bohringer and Samy Naceri.
Poucet (Nils Hugon) is the youngest of five brothers born to a desperately poor peasant family. The mother (Bohringer) and father (Pierre Berriau) struggle to feed the family. Then war is declared and all food is requisitioned, first by the enemy and then by the government.
The parents decide they would rather leave the children to fend for themselves in the forest than watch them die of hunger. Poucet overhears their plan and manages to save his brothers by leaving a trail they follow back home. A second attempt at abandoning the children is more successful and Poucet and his brothers are caught up in a spine-chilling adventure that includes baying wolves and a child-eating ogre. This being a fairy-tale, the ending is predictably happy ever after, but not before an average 6-year-old will be screaming to go home.
Dahan shot the movie entirely in the studio, doing his best to create a somber mood. This is a twilight world never troubled with sunlight. The sky is either slate gray or blood red and the forest is a mist-soaked, foreboding place.
Into this hellish existence, Dahan drops two horrific characters: a soldier with an iron leg (Naceri), who wants to burn the children to death on a bonfire, and a seven-foot tall-ogre (Dominque Hulin) who wears an iron mask with huge metal fangs.
Classic children's stories are no stranger to frightening characters and base their very existence on a panoply of witches, giants, ogres and wolves. But there is a huge difference between fear and terror. "Le Petit Poucet" relies heavily on well-honed, horror-movie techniques. In one scene, where the ogre stabs his own daughters to death, the shot of the flashing knife is accompanied by a pastiche of the music from the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho". Dahan demands of a young audience a maturity and sophistication that is beyond their capabilities.
The younger members of the cast perform well and appear suitably terrified, although one asks just how much of this is due to their acting ability. The adult actors are required to do very little and are often upstaged by costumes and makeup. Dahan would have done well to pay less attention to form and more to content.
LE PETIT POUCET
La Chauve-Souris
Producer: Eric Neve
Director: Olivier Dahan
Writers: Olivier Dahan, Agnes Fustier-Dahan
Music: Joe Hisaishi
Set designer: Michel Barthelemy
Costume designer: Gigi Lepage
Editor: Juliette Welfling
Stereo/color
Cast:
Poucet: Nils Hugon
Rose: Hanna Berthault
Poucet's mother: Romane Bohringer
Poucet's father: Pierre Berriau
Ogre: Dominque Hulin
Ogre's wife: Elodie Bouchez
Soldier with iron leg: Samy Naceri
The Queen: Catherine Deneuve
Running time -- 90 minutes
No MPPA rating...
"Le Petit Poucet" is based on a children's story by Charles Perrault, but moviegoers expecting a Disney-like tale of simple folk will be sorely disappointed. The movie opened strongly with more than 50,000 admissions on the first day with audiences undoubtedly drawn by the glittering cast of Catherine Deneuve, Romane Bohringer and Samy Naceri.
Poucet (Nils Hugon) is the youngest of five brothers born to a desperately poor peasant family. The mother (Bohringer) and father (Pierre Berriau) struggle to feed the family. Then war is declared and all food is requisitioned, first by the enemy and then by the government.
The parents decide they would rather leave the children to fend for themselves in the forest than watch them die of hunger. Poucet overhears their plan and manages to save his brothers by leaving a trail they follow back home. A second attempt at abandoning the children is more successful and Poucet and his brothers are caught up in a spine-chilling adventure that includes baying wolves and a child-eating ogre. This being a fairy-tale, the ending is predictably happy ever after, but not before an average 6-year-old will be screaming to go home.
Dahan shot the movie entirely in the studio, doing his best to create a somber mood. This is a twilight world never troubled with sunlight. The sky is either slate gray or blood red and the forest is a mist-soaked, foreboding place.
Into this hellish existence, Dahan drops two horrific characters: a soldier with an iron leg (Naceri), who wants to burn the children to death on a bonfire, and a seven-foot tall-ogre (Dominque Hulin) who wears an iron mask with huge metal fangs.
Classic children's stories are no stranger to frightening characters and base their very existence on a panoply of witches, giants, ogres and wolves. But there is a huge difference between fear and terror. "Le Petit Poucet" relies heavily on well-honed, horror-movie techniques. In one scene, where the ogre stabs his own daughters to death, the shot of the flashing knife is accompanied by a pastiche of the music from the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho". Dahan demands of a young audience a maturity and sophistication that is beyond their capabilities.
The younger members of the cast perform well and appear suitably terrified, although one asks just how much of this is due to their acting ability. The adult actors are required to do very little and are often upstaged by costumes and makeup. Dahan would have done well to pay less attention to form and more to content.
LE PETIT POUCET
La Chauve-Souris
Producer: Eric Neve
Director: Olivier Dahan
Writers: Olivier Dahan, Agnes Fustier-Dahan
Music: Joe Hisaishi
Set designer: Michel Barthelemy
Costume designer: Gigi Lepage
Editor: Juliette Welfling
Stereo/color
Cast:
Poucet: Nils Hugon
Rose: Hanna Berthault
Poucet's mother: Romane Bohringer
Poucet's father: Pierre Berriau
Ogre: Dominque Hulin
Ogre's wife: Elodie Bouchez
Soldier with iron leg: Samy Naceri
The Queen: Catherine Deneuve
Running time -- 90 minutes
No MPPA rating...
- 11/7/2001
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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