Five new movies showing in Hanoi this week are examples of Frenchcinema, known for its slow-paced philosophical art films withinteresting, even weird characters.
The movies in a variety of genres are features of the Country in Focussection of the Vietnam International Film Festival which ends on Oct.21.
The movies are Heartbreaker, Coco Chanel&Igor Stravinsky, Babies, Little Nicholas and Oceans.
Coco Chanel&Igor Stravinsky, directed by Jan Kounen, was chosen asthe closing film of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. It is based on the2002 fictional novel Coco&Igor by Chris Greenhalgh and traces theaffair between Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky in Paris in 1920, theyear that Chanel No 5 was created.
The documentary,Oceans, is an ecological drama documentary filmed throughout the globe.It is part thriller and part meditation, with minimal dialogue, on thevanishing wonders of the sub-aquatic world.
It wasdirected by Jacques Cluzaud, a cameraman for the movie Indochina , a1992 French film set in colonial French Indochina during the 1930s.
Another French movie, the 3D animation movie Arthur and the War of theTwo Worlds, directed by Luc Besson, opened the festival on Oct. 17. Thedirector shows the world that French cinema is not only all about arthouse movies, but also successful box-office blockbusters, including thevery latest in 3D animation technology.
Frenchrepresentatives at the festival are Coco Chanel&Igor Stravinskyactress Anna Mouglalis, director of Heartbreaker Pascal Chaumeil, Babiesdirector Thomas Balmes, and a representative of the Canne film festivalChristian Jeune.
Two others, Francois Catonne and MathieuPoirot-Delpech, are jury board members at the Vietnam festival inthe feature film category and for short films and documentaries./.
The movies in a variety of genres are features of the Country in Focussection of the Vietnam International Film Festival which ends on Oct.21.
The movies are Heartbreaker, Coco Chanel&Igor Stravinsky, Babies, Little Nicholas and Oceans.
Coco Chanel&Igor Stravinsky, directed by Jan Kounen, was chosen asthe closing film of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. It is based on the2002 fictional novel Coco&Igor by Chris Greenhalgh and traces theaffair between Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky in Paris in 1920, theyear that Chanel No 5 was created.
The documentary,Oceans, is an ecological drama documentary filmed throughout the globe.It is part thriller and part meditation, with minimal dialogue, on thevanishing wonders of the sub-aquatic world.
It wasdirected by Jacques Cluzaud, a cameraman for the movie Indochina , a1992 French film set in colonial French Indochina during the 1930s.
Another French movie, the 3D animation movie Arthur and the War of theTwo Worlds, directed by Luc Besson, opened the festival on Oct. 17. Thedirector shows the world that French cinema is not only all about arthouse movies, but also successful box-office blockbusters, including thevery latest in 3D animation technology.
Frenchrepresentatives at the festival are Coco Chanel&Igor Stravinskyactress Anna Mouglalis, director of Heartbreaker Pascal Chaumeil, Babiesdirector Thomas Balmes, and a representative of the Canne film festivalChristian Jeune.
Two others, Francois Catonne and MathieuPoirot-Delpech, are jury board members at the Vietnam festival inthe feature film category and for short films and documentaries./.
