Category: French Language
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Full Time review: a single mom’s frantic schedule
Full Time (À plein temps) shows in frantic, fast-moving detail what life is like in the week of a life. Julie (Laure Calamy) is a single mom. She’s having a bad week because her ex has not sent the alimony money and the bank is calling her about her mortgage. He’s unreachable, her son’s birthday…
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Eiffel review: Let’s build a tower!
Eiffel, from France, is not entirely successful at telling the story of the construction of the Eiffel Tower or of the romance between Gustave Eiffel and Adrienne Bourgès. It tries to do both and be inspiring at the same time.
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Review: The Best of Us (Le meilleur d’entre nous)
The Best of Us (Le meilleur d’entre nous) is a new French series now on Acorn TV. When a murder happens high in the mountains at a biathlete training camp, a city police woman is sent to help the local police.
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Hawa, no challenge is too daunting for this girl
Hawa, from French director Maïmouna Doucouré, tells the story of a young girl who decides Michelle Obama should be the one to adopt her. She pursues this goal with intrepid determination.
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Women at War (Les combattantes), heroic French women in WWI
Women at War (Les combattantes) puts the efforts and heroism of French women at the center of this story set in 1914 France as the Germans invaded France. Four popular actresses lead the cast.
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Voltaire High (Mixte), a French series set in 1963
Voltaire High (Mixte) is a period piece about a time of change in France. It’s set in a high school. There’s drama about both students and teachers as they navigate the first year of girls being allowed in the school.
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Standing Up (Drôle), French comedy series
Standing Up (Drôle) comes from Fanny Herrero, who also created the Call My Agent series. It’s about four struggling stand up comics who are friends and cluster around a comedy club called Drôle.
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Review: Only the Animals, a mysterious French drama
Only the Animals (Seules les bêtes) brings mystery from France in this tale of chance and interconnection. It’s about lonely and often isolated people who think they aren’t connected to anyone.
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Review: Flashback, French comedy gets feminist
Flashback is a wild French comedy starring, written by, and directed by Caroline Vigneaux. It’s sci-fi, or perhaps a hangover dream, about a lawyer who travels back in time to meet several French feminists.