The oneiric world of director Bertrand Mandico (The Wild Boys) is fueled with overflowing female desire, erotic creatures and lavish landscapes, all scintillating with resplendent colors. A film-within-a-film set during the production of a fantasy movie is a delight for all the senses!
The most elusive of the French New Wave filmmakers won the Critics Prize at Berlin for this late-career masterwork, which combines everyday realism with a sneaking air of conspiracy. With characters trapped between reality and its representation, Gang of Four casts an enigmatic look at duality.
In the conclusion to their two-part epic, the perfectly paired Jacques Rivette and Sandrine Bonnaire continue their atheistic approach to the life & death of Joan of Arc, chronicling Joan, the woman, at war and on trial. An elegant, understated, and uniquely human portrayal of the canonical figure.