Posted on October 3, 2009 by Wayne Lorenzo Titus
In Around a Small Mountain, a chance meeting on the road leads to romance. If only it were that simple, Rivette wouldn’t still be making character dramas at 81. Best known for his playful, subversive Nouvelle Vague works, here the undervalued master tells a story of glorious, missed opportunities. A kind stalker, Vittorio (Sergio Castellitto), [...]
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Posted on October 2, 2009 by Wayne Lorenzo Titus
A flashlight clicks on. Wild dogs run across a desolate road. Wooden masks hang haphazardly on a wall. The dead, wounded body of someone called “The Boxer” is splayed on a couch. We have no idea where we are, but the idle commentary and the worn, green military uniforms of the soldiers lurking about suggest [...]
Filed under: Africa, Francophone, Isabelle Huppert, civil war, claire denis, coffee, plantation, white material | Leave a Comment »
