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Prolific actor Gérard Depardieu embodies iconic French inspector Jules Maigret in Patrice Leconte’s newest take. FRANCE 24’s movie critic Lisa Nesselson tells us why she thinks Depardieu was born to play this position.
We additionally focus on how lowbrow comedies are sometimes field workplace hits in France, with the present instance of “Maison de retraite” or “Retirement Residence”. The movie additionally stars Depardieu as a resident who dishes out life classes to a younger man doing neighborhood service.
Director Stéphane Brizé questions how unforgiving capitalism could be with “Un Autre Monde” or “One other World”. Vincent Lindon performs a manufacturing unit boss caught between a number of rocks and a number of laborious locations.
Lastly, “The Godfather” has been remastered for its fiftieth anniversary. Francis Ford Coppola was at a particular occasion for the event.