The Beloved
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ladams888
- The Third Man
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Re: The Beloved
I saw it last night at the Institut Francais which was absolutely packed - every single place taken. All in all I enjoyed the film, quite a sad story - although I will not give away the plot here. I am a big fan of Catherine Deneuve and it was lovely to see her in a completely different role to the ones she normally plays. Chiara Mastroianni (Deneuve's real-life daughter) was enchanting as Vera, and you could see that they carried over their mother-daughter relationship to their respective roles. Ludivine Sagnier was wonderful as the younger Madeleine and brought a quirky innocence to the role. It was if the Director (Christophe Honore) couldn't decide whether he wanted to make a comedy, drama or a musical and so it was a mix of all three - likewise the dialogue was a mix of French, English and Czech. The only annoyance was the the film was too long (2 hrs 20 mins) which meant I couldn't stay for the Q&A session with Honore as I had to rush off.
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superhero
- 9 1/2 Weeks
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Re: The Beloved
Thanks for the review ladams888. It's nice to hear about the less mainstream films too on FMUK 
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hopeprince
- The Sixth Sense
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Re: The Beloved
superhero wrote:Pardon the pun, but I hope the film didn't bore hopeprince to death....
No just very tired. I have come to despise Fridays. I agree with you about it being too long. I think I missed a bit of the dialogue. The q&a was shambles, I dont think he had answers for some of the questions so kept repeating about what he wanted to put across.ladams888 wrote:I saw it last night at the Institut Francais which was absolutely packed - every single place taken. All in all I enjoyed the film, quite a sad story - although I will not give away the plot here. I am a big fan of Catherine Deneuve and it was lovely to see her in a completely different role to the ones she normally plays. Chiara Mastroianni (Deneuve's real-life daughter) was enchanting as Vera, and you could see that they carried over their mother-daughter relationship to their respective roles. Ludivine Sagnier was wonderful as the younger Madeleine and brought a quirky innocence to the role. It was if the Director (Christophe Honore) couldn't decide whether he wanted to make a comedy, drama or a musical and so it was a mix of all three - likewise the dialogue was a mix of French, English and Czech. The only annoyance was the the film was too long (2 hrs 20 mins) which meant I couldn't stay for the Q&A session with Honore as I had to rush off.
Member No. 26 of the "100 free films in 2013" club.
29 seen in 2013
77 seen in 2012
101 seen in 2011
Cinemas in order of preference: Stratford East PH, Vue Stratford City, Greenwich (The O2, PH and Odeon), Islington, Ilford, WIQ, Holloway Road, Piccadilly Circus and anything east or central London.
29 seen in 2013
77 seen in 2012
101 seen in 2011
Cinemas in order of preference: Stratford East PH, Vue Stratford City, Greenwich (The O2, PH and Odeon), Islington, Ilford, WIQ, Holloway Road, Piccadilly Circus and anything east or central London.