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.

«Madeleine Collins: deception is only appearance

«Madeleine Collins: deception is only appearance

Can adultery and the phantasm of a double life still be (re)visited in cinema? Antoine Barraud answers in the affirmative, engaging viewers in a thriller where madness lurks, and Virginie Efira revives the theme of identity disorder explored in «Sybil». She delivers a brilliant performance as a fiery, stubborn woman.
«Lara Jenkins: ordinary demands

«Lara Jenkins: ordinary demands

In the elitist world of musicians, does austerity go hand in hand with high standards? With Lara Jenkins, Jan-Ole Gerster follows the daily life of an embittered 60-year-old in search of redemption. On her birthday, her son Viktor is about to give a recital to present his new compositions. At odds with her offspring - or rather, in interstellar freeze - this stepmother decides to buy the twenty or so remaining tickets and makes it her mission to distribute them before the event begins. Can the Jenkins be reconciled?