Ingrid Caven

Beloved arthouse director Claire Denis brings her sensual, tender touch to this very contemporary version of Ozu’s classic masterpiece on familial bonds and the transience of life, Late Spring. Unforgettably shot by the great Agnès Godard and beautifully scored by the Tindersticks.

Four years after Emmanuelle spawned a slew of sequels, Nelly Kaplan made her own adaptation of the erotic material, in which sexual precocity and intellectual curiosity go hand in hand. As ferociously feminist as the rest of the director’s oeuvre, this seductive tale stirs the mind and the senses.