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Bénédicte Prot


1633 articles available in total starting from 16/03/2005. Last article published on 15/07/2019.

Review: Photograph

Review: Photograph

BERLIN 2019: Ritesh Batra’s rather saccharine first attempt at social cinema (The Lunchbox) is nothing other than a lacklustre romcom mired in clichés  

20/02/2019 | Berlinale 2019 | Berlinale Special

Review: The Breath

Review: The Breath

BERLIN 2019: The final instalment of Uli M. Schueppel’s Berlin trilogy both captures and envelops us in a sensory collection of superb and poignant nocturnal confessions  

18/02/2019 | Berlinale 2019 | Panorama

Synonyms is synonymous with the Golden Bear

Synonyms is synonymous with the Golden Bear

BERLIN 2019: Israel’s Nadav Lapid has scooped the top Bear with his Parisian tale of transformation, during a ceremony where Europe and Germany shone  

16/02/2019 | Berlinale 2019 | Awards/Competition

Review: It Could Have Been Worse - Mario Adorf

Review: It Could Have Been Worse - Mario Adorf

BERLIN 2019: German documentary filmmaker Dominik Wessely offers up the interesting and subjective journey of actor Mario Adorf as he travels through over half a century of international cinema  

16/02/2019 | Berlinale 2019 | Berlinale Special

André Téchiné  • Director of Farewell to the Night

Interview: André Téchiné • Director of Farewell to the Night

"I was interested in taking a cold, hard document and turning it into a work of fiction”

BERLIN 2019: André Téchiné talks to us about Farewell to the Night, a film screened out of competition in Berlin which sees a grandmother facing up to her grandson’s desire to become a jihadi  

15/02/2019 | Berlinale 2019 | Out of Competition

Review: Synonyms

Review: Synonyms

BERLIN 2019: Nadav Lapid offers an indescribable yet totally brilliant variation on the theme of "An Israeli in Paris"  

15/02/2019 | Berlinale 2019 | Competition

Nadav Lapid  • Director of Synonyms

Interview: Nadav Lapid • Director of Synonyms

"My overarching goal was to capture some sort of truth in relation to certain moments"

BERLIN 2019: We met up with the Israeli director Nadav Lapid to talk about Synonyms, in competition at the 69th Berlin Film Festival  

15/02/2019 | Berlinale 2019 | Competition

Review: I Was at Home, but...

Review: I Was at Home, but...

BERLIN 2019: Angela Schanelec directs a non-narrative film-essay about existence, the body and art, which gradually abandons its coldness and embraces reconciliation  

13/02/2019 | Berlinale 2019 | Competition

Review: Farewell to the Night

Review: Farewell to the Night

BERLIN 2019: André Téchiné directs a film about a grandmother played by Catherine Deneuve, who finds herself in a very stressful situation when her grandson announces he’s going to Syria  

13/02/2019 | Berlinale 2019 | Out of Competition

Review: Mr. Jones

Review: Mr. Jones

BERLIN 2019: Agnieszka Holland’s beautiful film links Orwell to the powerful story of the only journalist to denounce the Stalinist regime, despite strong opposition  

12/02/2019 | Berlinale 2019 | Competition

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