Comments on: Populaire http://waytooindie.com/review/movie/populaire/ Independent film and music reviews Thu, 15 Mar 2018 20:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: French Film Festival: Melbourne Edition | PNCAU http://waytooindie.com/review/movie/populaire/#comment-4220 Fri, 07 Feb 2014 04:27:27 +0000 http://waytooindie.com/?p=14314#comment-4220 […] 1:30pm Camille Claudel 1915 Troubled sculptress Camille Claudel has been confined to an asylum for two years following the collapse of her affair with fellow artist, Auguste Rodin. Isolated from the outside world, she pleads the case for her sanity with doctors. A visit from her pious brother Paul seems to hold the hope for her release, but first he must be persuaded that she isn’t possessed by the devil. ☆☆☆☆☆ Eye For Film ☆☆☆☆☆ IMDB 4:15pm 2 Autumns, 3 Winters Thirty-three year old Aman decides to start his new life with an evening jog-and literally runs into the love of his life, Amélie. Aman’s best friend Benjamin suffers from a mild stroke-which leads him to physical therapist Katia. So begins this fresh and surprising comedy about love, accidents and memories. ☆☆☆☆☆ Cine-Vue ☆☆☆☆☆ IMDB 6:45pm It Boy Beautiful and talented Alice is in her late thirties, with her sights set on the top job at the haute couture fashion magazine, Rebelle. Unfortunately her uptight attitude makes her boss Vincent doubt she has what it takes. However when she meets the 20-year-old Balthazar, a chain of misunderstandings suddenly finds her with a newfound cougar persona that changes her image, and her career chances, for the better. ☆☆☆☆☆ IMDB 9:00pm Populaire Set in the late 1950s, Populaire‘s heroine is Rose Pamphyle, a girl who lives with her widowed father, but yearns for so much more than the aimless life her inevitable marriage to the local mechanic’s son promises. Travelling out of her small town in Normandy in search of a job, she is interviewed by an insurance agent: the suave, driven Louis Échard, who discovers she possesses an unworldly ability to type. Once a gifted boxer and runner, Louis now becomes Rose’s coach and soon begins preparing her for the world speed typing championships in New-York. ☆☆☆☆☆ IMDB ☆☆☆☆☆ Way Too Indie […]

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By: French Film Festival: Melbourne Edition | Club Troppo http://waytooindie.com/review/movie/populaire/#comment-4201 Wed, 05 Feb 2014 07:24:05 +0000 http://waytooindie.com/?p=14314#comment-4201 […] 1:30pm Camille Claudel 1915 Troubled sculptress Camille Claudel has been confined to an asylum for two years following the collapse of her affair with fellow artist, Auguste Rodin. Isolated from the outside world, she pleads the case for her sanity with doctors. A visit from her pious brother Paul seems to hold the hope for her release, but first he must be persuaded that she isn’t possessed by the devil. ☆☆☆☆☆ Eye For Film ☆☆☆☆☆ IMDB 4:15pm 2 Autumns, 3 Winters Thirty-three year old Aman decides to start his new life with an evening jog-and literally runs into the love of his life, Amélie. Aman’s best friend Benjamin suffers from a mild stroke-which leads him to physical therapist Katia. So begins this fresh and surprising comedy about love, accidents and memories. ☆☆☆☆☆ Cine-Vue ☆☆☆☆☆ IMDB 6:45pm It Boy Beautiful and talented Alice is in her late thirties, with her sights set on the top job at the haute couture fashion magazine, Rebelle. Unfortunately her uptight attitude makes her boss Vincent doubt she has what it takes. However when she meets the 20-year-old Balthazar, a chain of misunderstandings suddenly finds her with a newfound cougar persona that changes her image, and her career chances, for the better. ☆☆☆☆☆ IMDB 9:00pm Populaire Set in the late 1950s, Populaire‘s heroine is Rose Pamphyle, a girl who lives with her widowed father, but yearns for so much more than the aimless life her inevitable marriage to the local mechanic’s son promises. Travelling out of her small town in Normandy in search of a job, she is interviewed by an insurance agent: the suave, driven Louis Échard, who discovers she possesses an unworldly ability to type. Once a gifted boxer and runner, Louis now becomes Rose’s coach and soon begins preparing her for the world speed typing championships in New-York. ☆☆☆☆☆ IMDB ☆☆☆☆☆ Way Too Indie […]

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