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Bénédicte Prot


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

Germany in a day, by Sönke Wortmann

Germany in a day, by Sönke Wortmann

Germans were invited to film themselves on Saturday 20 June, for anything ranging from just a few seconds to 24 hours, in order to take part in Deutschland. Made by Germany, similar to Life in a Day  

22/06/2015 | Events | Germany

Miguel Gomes • Director

Interview: Miguel Gomes • Director

"The imaginary is just as real as real life"

We met up with Miguel Gomes to talk about Arabian Nights, his trilogy made up of The Restless One, The Desolate One and The Enchanted One, unveiled at Directors' Fortnight  

07/06/2015

I Am A Soldier: It’s a dog’s life for Louise Bourgoin

I Am A Soldier: It’s a dog’s life for Louise Bourgoin

CANNES 2015: Laurent Larivière’s film highlights the harsh reality of a young woman’s fight to escape social precariousness by plunging her into the world of trafficking in domestic animals  

26/05/2015 | Cannes 2015 | Un Certain Regard

Arabian Nights, Volume 3: The Enchanted One: Scheherazade and the chaffinch keepers

Arabian Nights, Volume 3: The Enchanted One: Scheherazade and the chaffinch keepers

CANNES 2015: The spectacular journey with which Miguel Gomes has won over the Directors’ Fortnight ends like an ode to the people of Portugal, which turns from majestic to tender and moving  

24/05/2015 | Cannes 2015 | Directors’ Fortnight

The Here After: Once a pariah, always a pariah

The Here After: Once a pariah, always a pariah

CANNES 2015: Poland-based Swedish director Magnus von Horn has woven a tale of education that is meticulous, bristling with tension, suffocating and irredeemable  

23/05/2015 | Cannes 2015 | Directors' Fortnight

Much Loved: The sorrow of Marrakesh’s pleasure girls

Much Loved: The sorrow of Marrakesh’s pleasure girls

CANNES 2015: Nabil Ayouch paints a portrait of the nocturnal life of a group of prostitutes in Marrakech, which is at once realistic and raw, respectful and dignified  

22/05/2015 | Cannes 2015 | Directors’ Fortnight

Dégradé: Gaza with rollers in

Dégradé: Gaza with rollers in

CANNES 2015: Arab and Tarzan Nasser take an opposing view of the usual representations of Gaza by spending the entire 1h30 of their film in a beauty salon  

22/05/2015 | Cannes 2015 | Critics' Week

Les Deux Amis: In the beginning was cinema

Les Deux Amis: In the beginning was cinema

CANNES 2015: With passion, tenderness and utter integrity, Louis Garrel tries his hand at directing, whisking us away on a joyful – and very touching – adventure  

20/05/2015 | Cannes 2015 | Critics’ Week

Arabian Nights, Volume 2: The Desolate One, a welcome “rosary of wretchedness”

Arabian Nights, Volume 2: The Desolate One, a welcome “rosary of wretchedness”

CANNES 2015: In this part Miguel Gomes conjures up a skinny bastard, a gang of dishonest idiots, and an underprivileged area brightened up by a loving Maltese dog  

20/05/2015 | Cannes 2015 | Directors’ Fortnight

Arabian Nights, Volume 1: The Restless One: Portugal as a beached mermaid

Arabian Nights, Volume 1: The Restless One: Portugal as a beached mermaid

CANNES 2015: This first instalment in the rich docu-fiction of Miguel Gomes about a Portugal in crisis features fires in the rain, a talkative rooster and untimely erections  

18/05/2015 | Cannes 2015 | Directors' Fortnight

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