Alexandre Films.
Series
Film Movement volume 12, film 5
Description
"In her mid-thirties, Anne still knows practically nothing of her family's past. After her mother's death, Anne discovers old photos and letters that convince her to take a closer look at her parents' life after the concentration camps of World War II. Her research reveals the existence of a mysterious uncle everyone seems intent on forgetting entirely. As she closes in on a discovery she didn't expect, her father grows ever more ill, and may take...
Description
Diane Kurys's film captures a particular moment in the tumultuous life and development of young people. Anne and Frederique are sisters entering their teen years in 1963 France, torn between divorced parents and struggling with the confines of their strict school. Along the way, they undergo an awakening both political and romantic. Kurys's film revels in the comedy and tragedy of the seemingly mundane, weaving a complex tapestry of everyday existence...
3) High tension
Description
Marie and Alexa decide to spend a weekend at Alexa's parents' secluded farmhouse to prepare for their college exams. But in the dead of night, a stranger knocks on the front door and the girls' idyllic weekend turns into an endless night of horror.