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The History of French Cinema: 2003 |
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8/1 - |
Lucas Belvaux's Après la vie (After Life), the third film in a trilogy that began with Cavale (On the Run) and Un couple épatant (An Amazing Couple) in 2002, is released. Gilbert Melki stars as a cop whose black market supplier of morphine (Patrick Deschamps) for his addicted wife (Dominique Blanc) threatens to cut off his supply unless he agrees to kill his colleague (Belvaux) who has been proving troublesome. [ADD] |
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19/2 - |
Claude Chabrol's La Fleur du mal (The Flower Of Evil) is released. Nathalie Baye stars as a well-to-do lady who runs for mayor only to face accusations that her family colluded with the Nazis. Benoît Magimel and Mélanie Doutey also star. [ADD] |
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25/5 - |
Gus Van Sant’s Elephant wins the Palmes d'Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, with the Jury Grand Prize going to Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Uzak (Distant). [ADD] |
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11/6 - |
Writer-director Sylvain Chomet animated film Les Triplets de Belleville (The Triplets of Belleville, aka Belleville Rendez-Vous) is released. [ADD] |
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24/9 - |
Lucian Pintilie’s Franco-Romanian co-production, Niki et Flo, is released. Victor Rebengiuc and Razvan Vasilescu portray the new and old faces of Romania. [ADD] |
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8/10 - |
Michael Haneke's Le Temps du loup (Time of the Wolf) is released. Isabelle Huppert, Patrice Chéreau and Olivier Gourmet star. [ADD] |
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15/10 - |
Guillaume Nicloux’s mystery-thriller Cette femme-là (That Woman, aka Hanging Offence) is released. Josiane Balasko stars as a police detective investigating the murder of a body found hanging in the woods while still trying to come to terms with the death of her 8-year old son. Eric Caravaca, Eva Ionesco, Ange Rodot, Thierry Lhermitte and Valérie Donzelli star. [ADD] |
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12/11 - |
Marceline Loridan Ivens' La Petite prairie aux bouleaux (The Birch-Tree Meadow) is released. Anouk Aimée stars as a survivor of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp who returns there after sixty years. August Diehl also stars. Director Ivens was herself a survivor of the camps. [ADD] |
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3/12 - |
Alain Resnais’ Pas sur la bouche (Not on the Lips) is released. The film is a screen adaptation of a 1925 operetta by André Barde and Maurice Yvain. Sabine Azéma, Pierre Arditi, Isabelle Nanty, Lambert Wilson, Audrey Tautou and Jalil Lespert star. [ADD] |
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17/12 - |
Pierre Salvadori's Après vous... (After You) is released. Daniel Auteuil stars as a Maitre d’ who prevents a man from committing suicide and then tries to track down the woman who prompted the attempt, only to fall for her himself. José Garcia stars as the thwarted suicide, with Sandrine Kiberlain as the object of his affections. [ADD] |
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24/12 - |
Gilles Marchand's feature film debut Qui a tué Bambi? (Who Killed Bambi?) is released. Sophie Quinton stars as a student nurse who suspects sinister goings-on at the hospital where she works. Laurent Lucas also stars. [ADD] |
