All articles by Lisa Nesselson – Page 11
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Reviews
Largo Winch
Dir: Jerome Salle. France/Belgium. 2008. 109mins.A fun slice of escapism, neatly packaged for international consumption, Large Winch falls just a sliver short of creating a new action-adventure franchise, although a sequel is apparently at script stage. Lanky French stand-up comic Tomer Sisley isn't conventionally movie-hero rugged as the titular protagonist ...
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Secrets of State (Secret Defense)
Dir: Philippe Haim. France. 2008. 100 mins.If French political thriller Secrets of State were any more topical, it would be about what you ate for breakfast. This fast-paced and meticulously-researched tale shows the recruitment and training of a young female Secret Service operative alongside a parallel story about how an ...
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A French Gigolo (Cliente)
Dir: Josiane Balasko. France. 2008.102mins.Nathalie Baye gives a classy, nuanced performance as a successful divorced woman who pays young male escorts for sex in A French Gigolo (Cliente). Writer, director and co-star Josiane Balasko's intelligent take on how the need for money and/or sex dictates human behaviour is consistently engaging ...