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Showing posts with label France. Show all posts
Showing posts with label France. Show all posts
29 January 2021

Book review: The Gate, by François Bizot (2004), *****

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Synopsys In 1971, on a routine outing through the Cambodian countryside, the young French scholar Francois Bizot was captured by the Khmer R...
23 November 2020

Film review: A Year in Burgundy (2013), by David Kennard, ***

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Synopsis The film follows Martine Saunier seven wine-making families in the Burgundy region of France through the course of a full year, an...
09 November 2020

Film review: Somm, into the Bottle (2015), by Jason Wise, ****

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Synopsis Sequel to the previous Somm movie of 2012 , this documentary takes the viewer into the private world of famed producers (who open ...
19 August 2020

FIlm review: Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2009) by Jan Kounen, ****

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Synopsys In 1913 the first performance of the ballet “Le sacre du printemps” took place in Paris. The composer, Igor Stravinsky, is whistled...
03 April 2020

Film review: L'Esprit du vin (2011) by Olympe and Yvon Minvielle **

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Synopsys A film sponsored by Château Lagarette , a biodynamic producer in Bordeaux. A dozen or so biodynamic wine-growers express thei...
26 July 2018

Book review: The Judgement of Paris (2005) by G. Teber, *****

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Synopsis The Judgement of Paris was a blind tasting that pitched American wines from California against French reds from Bordeaux and wh...
14 November 2015

Film review: Red Obsession (2013) by David Roach and Warwick Ross, ****

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Synopsis Red Obsession is a film about power, passion and the fine wine game. Something unprecedented is happening to the fine wine mar...
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25 November 2013

Film review/recensione: The lover /L'amante (1992), by Jean-Jacques Annaud, *****

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testo italiano di seguito Synopsis The Lover is director Jean-Jacques Annaud 's adaptation of Marguerite Duras ' minimalist 198...
04 June 2013

Recensione film: J'ai oublié de te dire... (2008), di Laurent Vinas-Raymond, ****

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Synopsis Lorsque Marie, jeune fille de 25 ans sans passé ni avenir, rencontre Jaume, un vieux monsieur, ancien champion cycliste devenu ...
19 March 2013

Film review: Casablanca (1942), by Michael Curtiz, *****

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Buy the poster by clicking here Synopsis Casablanca : a French colonial city during WW II: still governed by unoccupied Vichy France, ...
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15 December 2012

Film review: You will be my son (2010), by Gilles Legrand, ****

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Synopsis Paul Marseul (Niels Arestrup), owner of a prestigious vineyard in Saint Emilion has a son, Martin (Loran Deutsch), who works wi...
01 September 2012

Film review: Mondovino (2004) by Jonathan Nossiter, **

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Synopsis Filmmaker Jonathan Nossiter, who loves wine, looks at the international wine business. He offers his personal view of how business ...
31 July 2012

Film review: A Good year (2006), by Ridely Scott, ***

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Synopsis Director Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe--who first worked together on the Academy Award-winning Gladiator --are reunited in ...
20 July 2012

Film review: Julie and Julia (2009), by Nora Ephron ****

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Julia Child in Time magazine Synopsis A culinary legend provides a frustrated office worker with a new recipe for life in Julie and J...
06 July 2012

Film review: Bottle Shock (2008) by Randal Miller, ****

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Synopsis The build-up to the famous 1976 Judgement of Paris competition between French and Californian wines. Napa Valley 's Jim Barre...
04 July 2012

Film review: Chocolat (2000), by Lasse Hallström, ****

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Synopsis Driven by fate, Vianne (Binoche) drifts into a tranquil French village with her daughter Anouk (Victoire Thivisol, from Ponette ) ...
14 April 2012

Film review: The Dreamers (2003), by Bernardo Bertolucci, ****

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Synopsis Paris, spring 1968. While most students take the lead in the May 'revolution', a French poet's twin son Theo and d...
13 February 2012

Film Review: The Swimming Pool (1968), by Jacques Deray, ***

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Synopsis Contains the French version and the original English spoken version in FULL HD resolution !!! Classic 60's French drama, the...
12 February 2012

Film Review: Midnight in Paris (2010), by Woody Allen, ***

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Synopsis This is a romantic comedy set in Paris about a family that goes there because of business, and two young people who are engaged ...
10 December 2010

Recensione: Nerone: Duemila anni di calunnie (Oscar storia), di Massimo Fini, *****

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Un mito sfatato, un imperatore riabilitato Il lavoro di Fini è eccellente. Particolareggiato e documentato quanto uno studio di quell...