Posts Tagged ‘Jérémie Renier’
Olivier Assayas, who made the fascinating (and underrated) demonlover (2002), analyzes the emotional angst that is the dividend of choosing between nostalgic attachment and financial gain, in this somewhat clinical but nevertheless engaging study of family dynamics.
The sudden passing of family matriarch Hélène (Edith Scob) sets her children to confrontation over the painful dissection and distribution of her home, personal belongings and the remainder of a valuable art collection previously owned by her late Uncle Paul.
And, guess what? Our man James got it wrong, of course, a fact that will come as no surprise to anyone who has ever read any of his Oscars predictions…
The film Le Silence de Lorna (2008), by Belgian directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, is the winner of the European Parliament LUX Cinema Prize 2008. EP President, Hans-Gert Pöttering handed over the trophy to Luc Dardennne in a ceremony in front of MEPs and representatives of the three competing films in the final on 22 October. The aim of the LUX Prize is to facilitate the circulation of European films within Europe.
As promised in our recent article on the European Parliament LUX Cinema Prize, we begin our assessment of the three films up for the gong. A review of Občan Havel (2008) will follow on Picturenose presently, and you can check out Delta (2008) on our sister site, European Film Awards Reviews…


