Author: Fanny Agostino
Fanny Agostino

FANNY AGOSTINO

A teacher, Fanny Agostino writes film reviews and articles on history and music for Le Regard Libre. She is also co-responsible for the cinema column.

«Tár»: in the corridors of power

«Tár»: in the corridors of power

On the razor's edge. That's how one might sum up Cate Blanchett's role in Todd Field's new film, «Tár». She plays a Berlin-based orchestra conductor. Genius has its dark side. All you have to do is scrape off the varnish.
«Close: where rumors part us

«Close: where rumors part us

In 2018, Girl won three awards at the Croisette. Flemish director Lukas Dhont's new film continues his contemplation of teenage upheavals. This time, through the prism of other people's eyes. Close, the head-on collision of childhood and the world.
«R.M.N.: Eastern Europe under the scanner

«R.M.N.: Eastern Europe under the scanner

Known for his Palme d'Or win on the theme of abortion with «4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days» (2004), Romanian director Cristian Mungui's «R.M.N.» unravels the stubborn populist resentments of a Transylvanian village under the yoke of the EU.
Swiss identity as seen through the conflicting eyes of two historians

Swiss identity as seen through the conflicting eyes of two historians

DOSSIER «LA SUISSE, DEFINITION», Fanny Agostino | Les particularités de la Suisse font de ce pays un véritable terrain miné pour la question de l’appartenance identitaire. Unique aux yeux des uns, elle est plurielle aux yeux des autres. D’autres encore la jugent inexistante. Pour définir les contours de cette problématique, nous avons confronté les points de vue de deux historiens spécialistes de l’histoire helvétique, Dominique Dirlewanger et Olivier Meuwly. Quelle est leur vision de l’identité suisse? Et quel regard portent-ils sur des événements récents comme le déboulonnage de statues ou la féminisation de noms de rues? Regards croisés.