Love like poison french film

Rapturous in tone, this is one of the most personal comingofage tales of recent french cinema, marking quillevere and her young star as. But this holiday will become a struggle as she matures into adulthood. Quillevere grasps those butterflies in the stomach. In 2015 she was selected to be a member of the jury for the international critics week section of the 2015 cannes film festival. As it stands the fact that it is french, with french actors and french dialogue, means. She is once again present at the directors fortnight in 2010 with a first feature film love like poison, just crowned with the jean vigo prize. If love like poison, the first film from french director katell quillevere, had been made in english with an english cast, it would remain a solid but otherwise unremarkable film about a young girls struggle between religion and burgeoning adolescence. A refined, atmospheric and profound directorial debut which gained, among other awards, the prix jean vigo at the 63rd cannes film. Love like poison french film festival event cinemas. San francisco film society presents french cinema now, oct. Three lives and only one death 1996 trois vies et une seule mort click cc for english subs. A sophie dulac distribution release in france of a les films du belier production, in coproduction with arte france cinema, with the participation of canal. Michel galabru, philippe duclos, clara augarde, lio, stefano cassetti, thierry neuvic, youen leboulangergourvil.

A little too focused on the theme of conflict between flesh and spirit, love like poison is nonetheless a subtle and promising debut feature which, with its own individual talent, joins the ranks of works by the many young french women directors discovered in recent years at the cannes film festival mia hansen love, lola doillon, cecile. This film, i feel this exact film has been done so many times by french directors, particularly but hardly exclusively french women directors. The intimate, finessed female comingofage drama is a french speciality. And honestly, that is what i received not too much, but brilliantly presented and charmingly executed. Love like poison possesses plenty of the nonchalant frankness weve come to expect from french cinema, yet its as fresh and radiant as its heroine. Katell quillevere born 30 january 1980 is a french film director and screenwriter, known for directing the films love like poison 2010 and suzanne 20. Here it is experienced by anna an unaffected, delicately poised performance from clara augarde, a devout 14yearold girl from a middleclass family in britanny. The subtlety in love like poison seems to demand that we watch it at least twice, in order to fit all the pieces together properly. Love is indeed a poison, a potent metaphorical hemlock which extinguishes something in the soul and leaves its victim eternally stricken with a lingering desolation. A teenager girl learns some vital lessons about growing up. And yet, amidst this metaphysical landscape, the drama is very real, spending 24 hours in the aftermath of a young surfer meeting a gravelly grave. The biggest issue with love like poison is simply that it feels like a collection of subplots that are never adequately explored. Teenage emotional turmoil in love like poison cineuropa. May 12, 2011 love like poison was one of the gems of last years cannes festival, and it is a great pleasure to see it get a uk release.

Anna a young teenager comes home from her catholic boarding school for. French films showcased at the 42nd directors fortnight. May 14, 2010 small in scale but beautifully written, extremely wellplayed and sensually lensed, love like poison, from firsttime french helmer katell quillevere, centers on a middleclass 14yearold. Love like poison was one of the gems of last years cannes festival, and it is a great pleasure to see it get a uk release.

The san francisco film society, in association with the french american cultural society, the french consulate of san francisco and unifrance usa, presents french cinema now, thursday, october 28 wednesday, november 3, at landmarks. French filmmakers like eric rohmer, catherine breillat and more recently celine sciamma water lillies and lucile hadzihalilovic innocence have sketched. If you like love like poison you are looking for psychological, sincere and touching movies about with coming of age, village, dysfunctional family, faith, teenage life, teenage love and youth themes of drama genre shot in france. Love like poison new zealand international film festival. Oct 04, 2015 the interviewer suggests that this interest in religion and desire is unusual in young french cinema i. Sep 01, 2012 the strength of love like poison lies in the simple and honest nature of the storytelling. The film refuses to be either prurient or particularly erotic. Youd be hard pushed to find a more honest and tender portrayal of early adolescence than first time director katell quilleveres coming of age film love like poison. She discovers her parents are living apart, her mother coping only through the efforts of the local priest. My traitor, my love 2018, alone at my wedding 2018, heal the living 2015 news 10 november, 2012. For me, this title refers more deeply to all the things that can make us feel alive.

Anna, a young teenager, comes home from her catholic boarding school for the holidays and discovers her father has left. Snagfilms and unifrance launch my french film festival. Like stealing beauty awash with catholic guilt, its a charming comingofage tale that packs. This film tells the bittersweet story of teenager anna, who returns home from boarding school to discover that her parents have separated. Love like poison 2011, directed by katell quillevere film. In a more profound way, to me it refers to everything that makes us feel like were. A bittersweet french gem from last years cannes festival gets a welcome uk release. It was screened in the directors fortnight section of the 2010 cannes film festival. Find where to watch love like poison in new zealand. This notable new example directed and cowritten by katell quillevere endows a teenage girls apprehensions about sex, death and the love of jesus with an empathetic sense of adolescence as a solitary pursuit. Meanwhile, anna strikes up a friendship with pierre youen leboulangergourvil, a boy her age who lives nearby, and shes torn between her blossoming desires and the strict teachings of the church.

She also grows close to pierre, a freespirited teenager who cares little about god. A film like this can only be made in france or europe, a us version would make a pg teen movie with no heart, soul or. Incident is not high on the directors list of priorities she also wrote the screenplay, in collaboration with mariette desert. W riterdirector katell quillevere, with her first feature, reveals herself to be a supremely natural filmmaker. Katell quilleverecomingofage movies typically regard adolescence as a freak weather condition, a hormonal typhoon encountered on the road to calmer climes. Fourteenyearold anna clara augarde returns home from boarding. French comingofage drama about a 14yearold girl discovering sexuality everywhere she looks, including the church she attends with her mother. Love like poison 2010 allmovie movies and films database. This discreet french drama looks at turbulent teenage emotions, says philip french.

Im surprised it didnt make more of an impact in the uk or north america. This is a new zealand classification of love like poison. The francogerman film meetings and the berlin french film week. Aug 04, 2010 from french cinema we expect tension, balance and clarity. What is the film saying about love, burgeoning sexuality and religion. Love like poison is a 2010 french comingofage drama film directed by katell quillevere and starring clara augarde, lio and michel galabru. In the quest for realism, writers quillevere and mariette desert arent too focussed on easy answers, so dont expect everything to be tied in a neat bundle by the films end. Titlelove like poison other known titlesun poison violent publication. Annas, chiefly, although there is a bplot almost as rich in character detail involving jeannes growing dependence on the.

A scene from the film love like poison, playing at french cinema now, october 28 november 3 at landmarks embarcadero center cinema. A film of nuance and subtle glimpses, like looking at the world through a curtain of breton lace. Anna, a 14 year old girl, returns from boarding school to discover that her father has left home, leaving her to live with her mother and paternal grandfather. French films to have a strong presence at the london film. From french cinema we expect tension, balance and clarity. Like tinker, tailor, soldier, spy, love like poison is a film in which on the surface nothing is happening, but in fact there is so much going on. Snagfilms and unifrance launch my french film festival back to indiewire.

Feb 04, 20 sunday night i spent in bed, with the perfect pizza air cured beef, parmesan, and rocket, with a side of flirtation from the chefs while i watched them make it, a bottle of italian red, and a spontaneously watched french film, love like poison. I viewed it at a small french film festival in south africa no less, and did not expect too much. As intended, it succeeds both as a comingofage story and an ensemble drama, although, at a mere 77 minutes minus the end credits, it is a fraction too short. Love like poison 2010 letterboxd your life in film. Apr 20, 2011 tender comingofage film starring clara augarde, michel galabru and lio 15 85min. Young teenager anna clara augarde returns home from her catholic boarding school in time for her impending confirmation. It is a film of nuance and subtle glimpses, like looking at. The interviewer suggests that this interest in religion and desire is unusual in young french cinema i. A film whose gentleness and humanity will leave you sighing with assent peter bradshaw, the guardian a film of nuance and subtle glimpses, like looking at the world through a curtain of breton lace. As she prepares for her confirmation, annas world is further rocked when she grows close to a freespirited. Love like poison is, to the exclusion of virtually all else, a depiction of personality.