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Competition / France


571 articles available in total starting from 18/07/2003. Last article published on 18/07/2025.

Review: Sicilian Letters

Review: Sicilian Letters

VENICE 2024: Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza continue their reflection on the Mafia culture in Sicily, with Elio Germano in the shoes of a boss in hiding and Toni Servillo as a corrupt politician  

05/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Competition

Review: April

Review: April

VENICE 2024: Georgian writer-director Dea Kulumbegashvili’s long-awaited sophomore feature is a mesmerising Golden Lion contender, thanks to its assured vision, singularity and depth  

05/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Competition

Delphine and Muriel Coulin • Directors of The Quiet Son

Interview: Delphine and Muriel Coulin • Directors of The Quiet Son

"The film is a game of three-cushioned billiards between love and hate"

VENICE 2024: The French filmmakers explain their new film, a family- and politics-focused drama about paternal and fraternal love, betrayal, and the question of forgiveness  

05/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Competition

Maura Delpero • Director of Vermiglio

Interview: Maura Delpero • Director of Vermiglio

“My protagonist becomes a free woman out of necessity”

VENICE 2024: The Italian director chatted with us about motherhood, documentaries, fiction and the female outlook, and about Ermanno Olmi  

04/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Competition

Review: The Quiet Son

Review: The Quiet Son

VENICE 2024: Delphine and Muriel Coulin craft a remarkable film about the upheaval caused to a family of three when one of them drifts far-right  

04/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Competition

Review: Harvest

Review: Harvest

VENICE 2024: Athina Rachel Tsangari’s latest effort is a bizarre tale set in a remote village under the rule of a hateful master  

04/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Competition

Review: Vermiglio

Review: Vermiglio

VENICE 2024: Maura Delpero gets back to exploring motherhood in a film set at the end of the Second World War, which is visually and mentally stimulating  

03/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Competition

Review: I’m Still Here

Review: I’m Still Here

VENICE 2024: Walter Salles’ compelling family drama zooms in on the disappearance and murder of a former congressman and civil engineer, as lived through by his courageous wife  

02/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Competition

Review: And Their Children After Them

Review: And Their Children After Them

VENICE 2024: Blending social realism and adolescent mythology, romanticism and tragedy, Ludovic and Zoran Boukherma deliver an exciting and spirited adaptation of Nicolas Mathieu’s novel  

31/08/2024 | Venice 2024 | Competition

Review: Three Friends

Review: Three Friends

VENICE 2024: Emmanuel Mouret spins a sophisticated and brilliantly directed web of feelings and flirtations in pure paradoxical Rohmer-esque style  

30/08/2024 | Venice 2024 | Competition

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