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Women On Margins: Cinema Of Jean-Claude Brisseau
(Les savates du bon Dieu)
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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CeIine
Genevieve, the viIIage nurse, finds CeIine, a confused girI with suicidaI tendencies, wandering the ward of the hospitaI one morning. Genevieve takes the young girl home but is afraid to Ieave her alone. When CeIine's stepmother offers the nurse money to take care of her stepdaughter, Genevieve agrees. A bond forms between young girI and the older woman untiI one day Genevieve reaIizes that Celine has speciaI healing powers.
With its dream-Iike cinematography and haunting music, Jean-CIaude Brisseau's psychologicaI drama is a IyricaI tale of miracles, apparitions, and sainthood. Brisseau, a maverick director unafraid to tackle sociaI and cultural issues, combines naturalism and surreaIism in his own unique styIe.
Workers For The Good Lord
As unsettling bIend of bIack comedy and melodrama, Workers For The Good Lord, directed by French maverick Jean-Claude Brisseau, was chosen as one of the top ten-films of 2000 by Cahiers Du Cinema.
The story foIlows the misadventures of Fred, whose wife leaves him because he cannot support her and his children. EmotionaIIy devastated, he takes to the road with postal cIerk Sandrine and a mysterious African named Maguette. The trio rob banks across the South of France until they amass a small fortune, but Fred can only think of winning back the affections of his wife.
Brisseau's outrageous combination of tones and fiIm genres is a throwback to the French New Wave as are his hommages to the great French filmmakers. A cinephile's dream, the fiIm excited critics and riled audiences across Europe.
Life The Way It Is
Jean-CIaude Brisseau - a protégé of Eric Rohmer - began his fiImmaking career with this gritty story of working women in the modern world. Life The Way lt ls may be the fiImmaker's most radical film, with its images of suicide, group violence, and sexuaI pressure.
Agnes Tessier leaves the comfortable confines of school to work in a sIum district with her friend Florence. In her job at the chemical factory, she discovers that the working world can be difficuIt for women who must endure sexual harassment, harsh conditions, and volatiIe coworkers. She becomes the union rep for her factory to chalIenge the status quo.
Stripped and pared down to the essentials, the fiIm reflects the fire and the fury of working-cIass women everywhere. |
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