#dir. Alice Winocour

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EVA GREEN

DREAMERS (2003) Proxima (2019) (reblog 1255)

I have brought you these two films on the topic of Eva Green because my random system of selecting films is based on Tumblr's blogger postings as they appear on my wall using different criteria based first in (oldest) first out. With respect to the other film, "Proxima", I requested AI Copilot recommend a suitable film to accompany Dreamers on this double feature. This is what Copilot had to say: "Eva Green’s roles have evolved over time, "Proxima" can provide a modern counterpoint to her early work in The Dreamers. And lastly, because I have the hots for Eva Green.

The Dreamers (French: Innocents: The Dreamers) is a 2003 erotic romantic drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. The screenplay is by Gilbert Adair, based on his 1988 novel The Holy Innocents. It was the first film appearance of Eva Green, and is considered her breakthrough role.

This is an amazing picture of Eva Green in Dreamers seems to imitate the marble statue of the Greek Goddess Venus (Aphrodite) of Milo. It is considered to date back to 2nd century BC. (Venus de Milo - Wikipedia)

In 2002, Green had her film debut, when director Bernardo Bertolucci cast her for the role of Isabelle in The Dreamers (2003), which involved her in extensive full frontal nude scenes and rear nude scenes as well as graphic sex scenes. Green told The Guardian that her agent and her parents begged her not to take the role, concerned that the film would cause her career to "have the same destiny as Maria Schneider", because of Schneider's traumatic experience during the filming of Bertolucci's Last Tango in Paris. Green said that with Bertolucci's guidance she felt comfortable during the filming of the nude and sex scenes but was embarrassed when her family saw the film. Her performance was well-received. Green expressed surprise when a minute was cut from the film for the American market, stating, "[T]here is so much violence, both on the streets and on the screen. They think nothing of it. Yet I think they are frightened by sex."

Eva Green - Wikipedia

The film tells the story of an American university student in Paris who, after meeting a peculiar brother and sister who are fellow film enthusiasts, becomes entangled in an erotic triangle. It is set against the backdrop of the 1968 Paris student riots. The film makes several references to various movies of classical and French New Wave cinema, incorporating clips from films that are often imitated by the actors in particular scenes.

There are two versions: an uncut NC-17-rated version, and an R-rated version that is about three minutes shorter.

The Dreamers (2003 film) - Wikipedia

The Dreamers (2003) - IMDb 7'1

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You can see the full movie by clicking on green: The Dreamers (2003) Full Movie | Eva Green, Louis Garrel, Michael Pitt, Ingy Fillion - video Dailymotion

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Proxima is a 2019 French drama film, directed by Alice Winocour.

The films stars Eva Green as Sarah, a woman trying to balance her work as an astronaut preparing for a year-long stint on the International Space Station with her family life as mother to an eight-year-old daughter.

The film was shot in various real training facilities of the European Space Agency and Roscosmos such as Star City and Baikonur Cosmodrome.

An astronaut prepares for a one-year mission aboard the International Space Station.

Proxima (film) - Wikipedia

Proxima (2019) - IMDb 6'3

Click on green to see film: Proxima (2019) Watch HD - video Dailymotion

link https://youtu.be/iYYRH4apXDo

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Paris Memories (2022) | dir. Alice Winocour

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I updated my list of movies I watched and loved in alphabetical order:

12 Years a Slave (2012) DIR. STEVE MCQUEEN

45 Years (2015) DIR. ANDREW HAIGH

About Dry Grasses (2024) DIR. NURI BILGE CEYLAN

Aftersun (2022) DIR. CHARLOTTE WELLS

Alcarras (2023) DIR. CARLA SIMON

Annihilation (2018) DIR. ALEX GARLAND

Anatomy of a Fall (2023) DIR. JUSTINE TRIET

Arrival (2016) DIR. DENIS VILLENEUVE

A Quiet Place (2018) DIR. JOHN KRASINKI

Black Swan (2010) DIR. DARREN ARONOFSKY

Blue is the warmest color (2013) DIR. ABDELLATIF KECHICHE

Blue Valentine (2010) DIR. DEREK CIANFRANCE

Brokeback Mountain (2005) DIR. ANG LEE

Burning (2018) DIR. LEE CHANG-DONG

Carol (2015) DIR. TODD HAYNES

Close (2023) DIR. LUKAS DHONT

Dallas Buyers Club (2013) DIR. JEAN-MARC VALLÉE

De Rouille et d’os (2012) DIR. JACQUES AUDIARD

Drive (2011) DIR. NICOLAS WINDING REFN

Fire of Love (2022) DIR. SARA DOSA

Get Out (2017) DIR. JORDAN PEELE

God’s Own Country (2017) DIR. FRANCIS LEE

Gone Girl (2014) DIR. DAVID FINCHER

Gravity (2013) DIR. ALFONSO CUARÓN

Great Freedom (2022) DIR. SEBASTIAN MEISE

Girl (2019) DIR. LUKAS DHONT

Her (2013) DIR. SPIKE JONZE

Hereditary (2018) DIR. ARI ASTER

Ida (2014) DIR. PAWEL PAWLIKOWSKI

Io Capitano (2024) DIR. MATTEO GARRONE

If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) DIR. BARRY JENKINS

Incendies (2011) DIR. DENIS VILLENEUVE

Inception (2010) DIR. CHRISTOPHER NOLAN

Interstellar (2014) DIR. CHRISTOPHER NOLAN

Irréversible (2002) DIR. GASPAR NOÉ

It follows (2015) DIR. DAVID ROBERT MITCHELL

Jagten (The Hunt) (2012) DIR. THOMAS VINTERBERG

Joyland (2023) DIR. SAIM SADIQ

Kill Bill (vol. 1 & 2) (2003) DIR. QUENTIN TARANTINO

Leave No Trace (2018) DIR. DEBRA GRANIK

Loveless (2017) DIR. ANDREY ZVYAGINTSEV

Manchester by the Sea (2016) DIR. KENNERTH LONERGAN

Melancholia (2011) DIR. LARS VON TRIER

Midsommar (2019) DIR. ARI ASTER

Mommy (2014) DIR. XAVIER DOLAN

Moonlight (2016) DIR. BARRY JENKINS

Nightcrawler (2014) DIR. DAN GILROY

Nomadland (2020) DIR. CHLOE ZHAO

Oslo, August 31st (2012) DIR. JOACHIM TRIER

Parasite (2019) DIR. BONG JOON HO

Past Lives (2023) DIR. CELINE SONG

Poor Things (2023) DIR. YORGOS LANTHIMOS

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) DIR. CELINE SCIAMMA

Rabbit Hole (2010) DIR. JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL

Respire (2014) DIR. MÉLANIE LAURENT

Revoir Paris (2023) DIR. ALICE WINOCOUR

Riceboy Sleeps (2023) DIR. ANTHONY SHIM

Saint Maud (2021) DIR. ROSE GLASS

Shame (2011) DIR. STEVE MCQUEEN

Short Term 12 (2013) DIR. DESTIN DANIEL CRETTON

Take Shelter (2011) DIR. JEFF NICHOLS

TAR (2022) DIR. TODD FIELD

The Babadook (2014) DIR. JENNIFER KENT

The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) DIR. MARTIN MCDONAGH

The Beasts (2023) DIR. RODRIGO SOROGOYEN

The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012) DIR. FELIX VAN GROENINGEN

The Eight Mountains (2023) DIR. FELIX VAN GROENINGEN & CHARLOTTE VANDERMEERSCH

The Farewell (2019) DIR. LULU WANG

The Father (2021) DIR. FLORIAN ZELLER

The Handmaiden (2016) DIR. PARK CHAN-WOOK

The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) DIR. YORGOS LANTHIMOS

The Lighthouse (2019) DIR. ROBERT EGGERS

The Lost Daughter (2021) DIR. MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL

The Matrix (1999) DIR. ANDY & LANA WACHOWSKI

The Revenant (2015) DIR. ALEJANDRO G. INARRITU

The Tale (2018) DIR. JENNIFER FOX

The Way He Looks (2014) DIR. DANIEL RIBEIRO

The Worst Person in the World (2022) DIR. JOACHIM TRIER

To Leslie (2022) DIR. MICHAEL MORRIS

Under the skin (2013) DIR. JONATHAN GLAZER

Wadaean Julia (2023) DIR. MOHAMED KORDOFANI

Whiplash (2014) DIR. DAMIEN CHAZELLE

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Epilepticon Movie Marathon 2023

Augustine (2012) dir. Alice Winocour

Summary: An erotic biographical drama film about Louise Augustine Gleizes and her love affair with her neurologist, Jean-Martin Charcot, in the late 1800s.

Representation: Augustine has a violent seizure at her workplace early in the film that results in her being temporarily paralyzed in her right eye. For the rest of the film, she remains a patient at a hospital with little control over her life choices.

Augustine has many seizures throughout the film, including several that are intentionally triggered by Charcot in front of large crowds of onlookers to serve as a demonstration of the science behind seizures.

The framing of these seizures plays heavily into the sexualization of epilepsy, with several of Augustine's seizures filmed similar to how a masturbation scene would be filmed in an erotic film.

No first aid is given to Augustine during any of these seizures as, because of the era she lived in and the medical community's attitude towards people with seizures, she is meant to be viewed as an exhibition and not helped. She is regularly dehumanized, with even her own neurologist describing her as an "animal".

The word "epilepsy" is not used to describe Augustine's disorder and she is instead diagnosed as having "ovarian hysteria". As this film is a partial biography of the real-life Augustine, the use of this diagnosis term is accurate when recounting her particular experience.

Notes: The main plot of the movie follows a romance between a doctor and their patient. The power imbalance is addressed but may still be uncomfortable for some viewers.

There is full-frontal nudity at several points in this film including a sex scene. There are moments of graphic on-screen animal death. A woman has a brief monologue about intentional self harm.

The film is entirely in French. English subtitles were available.

[Image ID: Three screenshots from Augustine (2012):

Image 1: Augustine, a woman with long black hair in a braid, looks off to the right with a concerned expression. Her right eye is closed due to temporary paralysis.

Image 2: Augustine, a woman wearing only undergarments and a loose corset, and Charcot, a man who is fully dressed in a dark suit, embrace in Charcot's office.

Image 3: Augustine is laying down, perched between two chairs with her neck resting on the head of one chair and her feet resting on the head of another further away chair. She is wearing a dress with a striped skirt that drapes down in the space between the chairs.

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CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2022 The complete list of films directed by women selected in Competition, Un Certain Regard, Out Of Competition, Midnight Screenings, Cannes Premiere and Special Screenings BOWLING SATURNE (dir. Patricia Mazuy) CHOCOBAR (dir. Lucrecia Martel) CORSAGE (dir. Marie Kreutzer) HOURIA (dir. Mounia Meddour) KINGS OF THE WORLD (dir. Laura Mora Ortega) LA GRANDE MAGIE (THE GREAT MAGIC) (dir. Noémie Lvovsky) LE BLEU DU CAFTAN (dir. Maryam Touzani) LE GRAND MARIN (dir. Dinara Drukarova) LE OTTO MONTAGNE (dir. Charlotte Vandermeersch & Felix Van Groeningen) LE PETIT NICOLAS (dir. Amandine Fredon & Benjamin Massoubre) LES AMANDIERS (THE ALMOND TREE) (dir. Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi) LES CINQ DIABLES (THE FIVE DEVILS) (dir. Léa Mysius) LES ENFANTS DES AUTRES (OTHER PEOPLE'S CHILDREN) (dir. Rebecca Zlotowski) LES PIRES (dir. Romane Gueret & Lise Akoka) LUZ (dir. Flora Lau) MEDITERRANEAN FEVER (dir. Maha Haj) MUSIC (dir. Angela Schanelec) NEZOUH (dir. Soudade Kaadan) PLAN 75 (dir. Chie Hayakawa) PLUS QUE JAMAIS (MORE THAN EVER) (dir. Emily Atef) REVOIR PARIS (dir. Alice Winocour) RIPOSTE FÉMINISTE (dir. Marie Perennès & Simon Depardon) RODÉO (dir. Lola Quivoron) SAINT OMER (dir. Alice Diop) SHOWING UP (dir. Kelly Reichardt) SILVER HAZE (dir. Sacha Polak) STARS AT NOON (dir. Claire Denis) STONEWALLING (dir. Huang Ji & Ryuji Otsuka) THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER (dir. Joanna Hogg) THE HAPPIEST MAN IN THE WORLD (dir. Teona Strugar Mitevska) THE SILENT TWINS (dir. Agnieszka Smoczyńska) THE VAGABONDS (dir. Doroteya Droumeva) UN PETIT FRÈRE (dir. Léonor Serraille) WAR PONY (dir. Gina Gammell & Riley Keough) WHEN IT MELTS (dir. Veerle Baetens)

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Maryland / Disorder (2015), dir. Alice Winocour

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Proxima dir. Alice Winocour (2019)

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Eva Green in PROXIMA, 2019, dir. Alice Winocour

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maryland (disorder, 2015) | dir. alice winocour

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there is no such thing as a perfect astronaut, like there is no such thing as a perfect mother.

PROXIMA (2019), DIR. ALICE WINOCOUR

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A Jornada (Proxima), 2019 [Dir. Alice Winocour]

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Films of 2019: The Mustang (dir. Alice Winocour)

Grade: B-/C+

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2020

#1. Parasite (dir. Bong Joon-ho)

#2. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (dir. Céline Sciamma)

#3. Waves (dir. Trey Edward Shults)

#4. The Lighthouse (dir. Robert Eggers)

#5. Babyteeth (dir. Shannon Murphy)

#6. Les Misérables (dir. Ladj Ly)

#7. Soul (dir. Pete Docter)

#8. Dick Johnson is Dead (dir. Kirsten Johnson)

#9. Proxima (dir. Alice Winocour)

#10. Da 5 Bloods (dir. Spike Lee)

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Maryland / Disorder (2015), dir. Alice Winocour

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Maryland / Disorder (2015), dir. Alice Winocour

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10 Most Anticipated Holdovers of 2020

Ten films that played at festivals or were released in their home countries in 2019 I can’t wait to see in 2020.

Animals dir. Sophie Hyde

Female friendship movies are my absolute favourite. An adaptation of Emma Jane Unsworth’s fantastic book about two hard-partying best friends whose lifestyle is starting to tip from fun into alcoholism Animals played at Sundance 2019 and already opened in the UK, but no North American release date yet, alas.  

An Easy Girl dir. Rebecca Zlotowski

I’ve been a fan of Zlotowski since her debut film Dear Prudence. An Easy Girl has Zlotowski taking a look at the dark side of the Cannes Film Festival. The film follows a teenager who becomes entranced with the lifestyle of her older cousin who secretly works as a prostitute and helps introduce her to her wealthy older patrons. The film played out of competition at Cannes and won an award there.

Flatland dir. Jenna Cato Bass

Bass is a rising star in South African cinema and also co-wrote the Kenyan lesbian romance Rafiki. Flatland is a modern western about a policewoman who returns to her childhood home to solve a murder caused by a shy woman now on the run with her pregnant friend.

I Was at Home, But… dir. Angela Schanelec

Schanelec became only the 4th woman ever to win Best Director at the Berlin Film Festival for this film which makes it intriguing enough to me on its own. The plot is about a young girl who goes missing and then abruptly reappears and I’ve heard extremely devise reviews from people calling it a masterpiece and others calling it pretentious garbage. Can’t wait to make up my mind which it is for myself.

Jezebel dir. Numa Perrier

The film was plucked from obscurity by Ava DuVernay’s distribution company ARRAY which promotes indies directed by women and men of colour. Jezebel follows a young woman who spends the last days of her mother’s life forging a new path as a sex phone operator. Reviews have been great. Can’t wait to watch.

Portrait of a Lady on Fire dir. Céline Sciamma

Okay, so maybe this is technically a 2019 release. After premiering at Cannes the film received a token release in North America for Oscar qualification (it was completely shut out, boo). However Neon is holding out on a wider roll out until February 2020. And while I’ve seen it already I can’t wait to bask in the film, so clearly Sciamma’s best work to date, once more.

Proxima dir. Alice Winocour

I’ve been so intrigued by Winocour ever since her weird, darkly sexy, historical romance Augustine (she also co-wrote the 2015 film Mustang). In Proxima she examines an astronaut’s decision to leave her daughter behind for a year as she pursues a space mission. Space, motherhood and Eva Green? Sign me up.

Radioactive dir. Marjane Satrapi

Satrapi (yes, that Marjane Satrapi) tackles the life of Polish-French scientist Marie Curie which Rosamund Pike playing Curie. I’m not always a fan of biopics but Satrapi has an intriguing eye and the cast (including Anya Taylor-Joy and Same Riley) is pretty fab.

Rocks dir. Sarah Gavron

I enjoyed Gavron’s beautiful look at the fight for suffrage in the UK (the aptly titled Suffragette). And I’ve heard nothing but good things about her latest film, Rocks, about a teenager (nicknamed Rocks) who suddenly finds herself in charge of herself and her younger brother after being abandoned by her parents. This wasn’t on my radar until several people recommended it to me, and when that many people start talking about a film I pay attention.

Saint Maud dir. Rose Glass

I am a scaredy cat when it comes to horror films, but the reviews for Saint Maud are so promising that I can’t help wanting to watch this one. A film about a pious nurse who takes things too far when trying to save the soul of her dying patient, the film also co-stars Jennifer Ehle (who is best known as Elizabeth Bennet in the ‘95 adaptation of Pride & Prejudice). Ehle is a lovely warm presence in every film she’s a part of and maybe one of the most underrated actresses of all time imo. Is Saint Maud the movie that will bring her more widespread recognition? I hope so!