http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Fri, 9 May 2008 19:56:47 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/10/04/103424.php#comment-716838 This is simply one of the most powerful movies I have ever seen. We just watched this in French class, and there is only one word for it: amazing. This is just one of those movies that can touch you deep down, and it left all of us thinking. This movie was powerful enough to move EVERYBODY. By the end, you found everybody from sensitive freshman girls to seniors on the varsity football team bawling their eyes out. Between the moving (and true) story line and the incredible acting, this is a must-see. 716838@blogcritics.org Fri, 9 May 2008 19:56:47 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/10/04/103424.php#comment-638672 The first and, by far, the best film in Malle's trilogy of coming of age pictures is Le Souffle au Coeur (1971--released in the US as Murmur of the Heart). It's a much more complex film than either Lacombe Lucien or Au revoir, les enfants--and it has the ebulliently wonderful actress Lea Massari as the mother, Clara, as well as a fine performance by Benoit Ferreux as Laurent. The film did not receive the attention it deserved when it was released, as many critics were reluctant to take on the incest theme. A charming,compassionate picture. Well worth re-seeing several times. 638672@blogcritics.org Fri, 5 Oct 2007 14:03:05 EDT