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ANAIS IN LOVE – Review by Susan Wloszczyna

April 18, 2022April 24, 2022 Susan Wloszczyna Anaïs Demoustier, Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet, Denis Podalydès, french movies, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

Call her irresponsible, call her unreliable, call her infuriating, call her self-centered, call her Anaïs in Love. A first feature from French writer-director Charline Bourgeiois-Tacquet, Anaïs in Love revolves around an exceedingly irresponsible, and, yes, quite fetching 30-year-old woman who acts like a rebellious teen who constantly thinks about herself without considering how her choices affect those around her.

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L’AMOUR FOU (2010) – Retroview by Jennifer Merin

May 11, 2011May 19, 2022 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments awfj women on film, documentaries about fashion, french movies, haute couture, jennifer merin, pierre berge, yves saint laurent

Yves Saint-Laurent was a talented and troubled man, and nobody knew him better than his longtime business partner and lover, Pierre Berge. Interviewed after Saint-Laurent’s death for L’Amour Fou, Berge tells all — about the brilliant and beloved designer’s reaction to fame and to failure, about his shyness and deep depressions, about his psychotic episodes and seeking seclusion.