Author: Alice Bruxelle
ALICE BRUXELLE
«The Seminarians: Red and Black
Unpublished article - Alice Bruxelle Communism and Christianity: an impossible alliance? If Pasolini had the audacity (and heresy?)...
«First Cow»: Kelly Reichardt continues her march against the grain of cinema
The Conquest of the West
«Chico & Rita»: social painting of a broken dream
LONG-FORM ARTICLE, Alice Bruxelle | Are cartoons just for kids? If your answer is yes, it’s probably because you haven’t yet discovered *Chico & Rita* (2011), a Spanish-British animated feature film directed by Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal. A story of passionate love set against a backdrop of Afro-Cuban jazz, it chronicles the lives of two musicians whose dreams are dashed by social forces far more powerful than they are. By addressing themes of identity loss and racism, the two directors give this animated film a depth that rivals that of traditional films.
The glass-half-empty choice in «Drunk»
Les mercredis du cinéma - Alice Bruxelle «A hymn to friendship and life» for some, Drunk (2020) collects...
«Les choses qu'on dit, les choses qu'on fait»: when lyricism and desire intertwine
Freshly crowned with the «Masque et la Plume» listeners« prize and nominated in almost every category at the 46th César 2021 ceremony, »Les choses qu'on dit, les choses qu'on fait" (Things we say, things we do), written and directed by Emmanuel Mouret, is no slouch in the face of the coronavirus crisis. A gentle and humble film, it brings a breath of fresh air to an era when we could still desire and love without a mask.
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