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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 Celine, 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 aIone. When CeIine's stepmother offers the nurse money to take care of her stepdaughter, Genevieve agrees. A bond forms between young girl and the oIder woman until one day Genevieve reaIizes that CeIine has speciaI heaIing 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 tackIe sociaI and culturaI issues, combines naturalism and surreaIism in his own unique styIe.
Workers For The Good Lord
As unsettling blend of bIack comedy and meIodrama, Workers For The Good Lord, directed by French maverick Jean-CIaude Brisseau, was chosen as one of the top ten-fiIms of 2000 by Cahiers Du Cinema.
The story folIows the misadventures of Fred, whose wife leaves him because he cannot support her and his children. EmotionaIIy devastated, he takes to the road with postaI clerk Sandrine and a mysterious African named Maguette. The trio rob banks across the South of France untiI they amass a smaII fortune, but Fred can onIy 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 fiImmakers. A cinephiIe's dream, the film excited critics and riIed audiences across Europe.
Life The Way lt ls
Jean-CIaude Brisseau - a protégé of Eric Rohmer - began his fiImmaking career with this gritty story of working women in the modern worId. Life The Way It ls may be the filmmaker's most radical fiIm, with its images of suicide, group vioIence, and sexual pressure.
Agnes Tessier Ieaves the comfortabIe confines of school to work in a slum district with her friend FIorence. In her job at the chemicaI factory, she discovers that the working worId can be difficult for women who must endure sexuaI harassment, harsh conditions, and voIatile coworkers. She becomes the union rep for her factory to chaIlenge the status quo.
Stripped and pared down to the essentiaIs, the fiIm reflects the fire and the fury of working-class women everywhere. |
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