"The author presents illustrated summaries of 40 French films, including selected cast and crew information and original years of release."--Publisher's description
Screening Youth: Contemporary French and Francophone Cinema
by Boyle, Claire, McCann, Ben, Chareyron, Romain, Chareyron, Romain, Knudson, Ericka, Handyside, Fiona, Viennot, Gilles, Chaffee, Kathryn, Chevalier, Karine, Edney, Gemma, English, Jeri, Feyel, Juliette, Flood, Maria, Keohane, Elizabeth Geary, Korneta, Aubrey, Temple, Walter S., Wright, Jocelyn A.
Explores how the topic of 'youth' has inspired Francophone filmmakers to explore and reinvent common tropes associated with young peopleYouth has been represented on screen for decades and has informed many directors' visual, narrative and social perspectives, but there has not …
"French film design throughout the 1930s was not just descriptive, but also expressive: sets were not merely part of the background, but were vital components of a film's overall atmosphere, impact and critical afterlife. This was a period when sets were 'ripped open', as painte…
"Focusing on six significant early film corporations in the United States and France--the Edison Manufacturing Company, American Mutoscope and Biograph, American Vitagraph, Georges Méliès's Star Films, Gaumont, and Pathé Frères--as well as smaller producers and film companies, S…
Departure
by Steggall, Andrew, Stevenson, Juliet, Lawther, Alex, Brossard, Phenix, Cusack, Niamh, Wolfe (Firm)
An English mother and her teenage son spend a week preparing the sale of their remote holiday house in the South of France. Fifteen-year-old Elliot struggles with his dawning sexuality and an increasing alienation form his mother, Beatrice.
