“Drôle de drame” un film de Marcel Carné

More than 80 years after its theatrical release, rediscover “Drôle de drama”, the unusual classic by Marcel Carné, on December 18 at the cinema

One of the most jubilant, delusional, absurd, “bizarre” films in French cinema!

Weird, yes, we said weird… An adaptation of Jacques Prévert (script and dialogues), from the novel His First Offence by the British author Joseph Storer Clouston.

Synopsis 

London 1900. The very serious professor of botany Irwin Molyneux is none other than Felix Chapel, author of detective novels. The Bishop of Bedford, Irwin’s cousin, does not like this kind of literature and declares it very loudly during a supper where he is invited to the Molyneux. The absence of Margaret, Molyneux’s wife, at this supper, will trigger a series of very amusing misunderstandings.   

“Drôle de Drama” The cult film by Marcel Carné and Jacques Prévert, finally back to the cinema on December 18 in a restored version at the cinema.    

Plus de 80 ans après sa sortie en salle, redécouvrez “Drôle de drame”, le classique insolite de Marcel Carné, le 18 décembre au cinéma.

Source: “Drôle de drame” un film de Marcel Carné / France Culture

Nana’s dance from “Vivre Sa Vie” (1962)

Vivre Sa Vie (“My Life to Live”) is a 1962 French New Wave drama film directed by Jean-Luc Godard.

Nana (Anna Karina), a beautiful Parisian in her early twenties, leaves her husband and infant son hoping to become an actress. Without money, beyond what she earns as a shopgirl, and unable to enter acting, she elects to earn better money as a prostitute. Soon she has a pimp, Raoul, who after an unspecified period agrees to sell Nana to another pimp. During the exchange the pimps argue and Nana is killed in a gun battle. Nana’s short life on film is told in 12 brief episodes each preceded by a written intertitle.
– Wikipedia

“O Solitude”, le superbe clip de Birds on a Wire

It looks like a Christmas cantata for all Navigo pass holders, but transport strikes mean it’s doubly topical. To celebrate the upcoming release of their second album “Ramages” (February 14, 2020), Rosemary Standley de Moriarty and Dom La Nena have created “O solitude”, a 2014 title inspired by music by Purcell with, in the frame, appearances by Julia Lanoë (Sexy Sushi, Kompromat) and Emma de Caunes, be careful when closing the doors.

Directed by Jeremiah. Arranged and performed by Rosemary Standley and Dom La Nena. Director of Photography : Tom Anirae. Shot and edited by Jeremiah. Bubbles by Vincent Wüthrich. Runner : Sara Guerreiro. Camera assistant : Marion Raymond-Seraille Director of production : Borhane Mallek. With Emma De Caunes, Julia Lanoé, Willow 

Source: “O Solitude”, le superbe clip de Birds on a Wire en hommage aux gens du métro