Based on the real-life story of the Salt and Pepper band, Silver Rockers is a feel-good film, celebrating life at every age. Aspiring rock singer Alex (played by Mathilde Seigner) is at a low point. Caught between her stagnant singing career, family issues and growing debt, she finds herself in desperate need of work and a fresh start. When offered a job teaching retired … [Read more...] about Silver Rockers – Film review
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Happy 50 – Film review
What would you do if your dream holiday went terribly wrong…? This is the setup for Happy 50, when on arriving at the airport, a close friends’ flight to Greece is cancelled. Instead, the 50th birthday boy and eternal optimist of the group, Yves (played by Guillaume de Tonquédec) invites them all to his holiday house in Brittany. Thereby subjecting his poor wife Laure (played … [Read more...] about Happy 50 – Film review
The Godmother – Film Review
The sublime Isabelle Huppert stars in The Godmother, another headliner from this year’s French Film Festival. Huppert plays Patience Portefeux, an underpaid and overworked police interpreter who seizes an opportunity when life throws her a curve-ball. Assigned to a narcotics investigation, Patience listens to bugged phone calls between the Arabic suspects and translates … [Read more...] about The Godmother – Film Review
Final Set – Film review
You won’t need to be a tennis fan to experience the challenge of the professional game, of the players who slip into anonymity, or are forced out due to injury. It's an unglamorous and emotional rollercoaster side of the sport rarely seen on screen, and it comes alive in Final Set. Alex Lutz imbues the trials of aged tennis player Thomas Edison, who at 37 is trying out for … [Read more...] about Final Set – Film review
Love Affair(s) – Film review
If you can’t be with the one you love honey, love the one you’re with.Crosby, Stills, Nash These words flashed to mind in the final moments of Love Affair(s) but the film portrays many types of love -- desire, lust, contented, loyal, unrequited, self-less. Love Affair(s) peels away multiple storylines - all of which come together in the second half of the film. Be patient … [Read more...] about Love Affair(s) – Film review