ITALY a film by JEAN CHRISTOPHE ROSÉ “The greatest cycling champion of all times”, this was and for many connoisseurs still is, the expression used in referring to Coppi. Symbol of a Europe of Sports, which was born long before the European idea was practiced by nations and politicians, Fausto Coppi is also a mirror of society and[…]
FRANCE/TAIWAN • 47′ a film by FRANÇOIS LUNEL Portrait of Tsai Ming-Liang : This documentary FLOWERS IN THE MIRROR, MOON IN THE WATER follows Tsai Ming-Liang’s work, a filmmaker who has already reached a mythical status and is recognized by international critics, during the filming of “Face” at the Louvre museum. FESTIVALS PRESS HOW TO GET THE FILM INTERNATIONAL[…]
FRANCE a film by VINCENT BLANCHET François Perrin, a violin maker highly reputed for the quality of his work and also for his sense of humour and good cheer, gives birth to an originally shaped viola. We see a step by step account of the instrument’ s construction from the fashioning of the raw wood to, once all[…]
ARGENTINA a film by MARCELO CESPEDES, CARMEN GUARINI Buenos-Aires is one of those enormous cities scattered with shanty towns. The film retraces the population’s struggle to resist attempts to completely destroy these pockets of poverty. Today after having been displaced, mistreated, the inhabitants see the arrival of new people to the shantytown, people increasingly from the middle classes.[…]