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3) When autumn comes: Poisonous picking
Does it take the death of three women to make a man happy? This is a bit the question we ask ourselves after leaving François Ozon’s twenty-second film, a family dramatic “comedy” which nevertheless has – and this is one of the paradoxes of the film – the good idea of giving the first roles for two actresses over 70 years old. The graceful Hélène Vincent (81 years old) plays Michelle, a retired woman who lives alone in the countryside and regrets not seeing enough of her grandson, whom her daughter (Ludivine Sagnier, taking on a thankless role with faith) refuses to see him. confided because of his tumultuous past.
Fortunately, Michelle can confide in her best friend Marie-Claude (Josiane Balasko) with whom she shares this troublesome past, resurfacing when her son (Pierre Lottin) leaves prison. If the film skillfully plays with the figure of the poisoner, taking advantage of the apparent goodness of Hélène Vincent and the toxic metaphor of mushrooms (which we find in the very autumnal Miséricorde by Alain Guiraudie, with a different bias protest), the dramatic irony appears more problematic in the second part – since the film attempts to conceal nothing less than a femicide with which all the characters, and the director in the first place, seem to get along. On the other hand, if he is happy to see two actresses assuming their age at the top of the bill, we will regret that Ozon reduces his female figures to the eternal stereotype of the mother and the whore. And we would like his cinema to evolve towards something other than bad boy pranks. – J.G.
When autumn comes ★★✩✩
Directed by François Ozon. With Hélène Vincent, Josiane Balasko, Pierre Lottin, Ludivine Sagnier – 102′.
2) Lee Miller: Biopic committed in tribute to the photographer
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“I was always the last to leave the party,” could be Lee Miller’s credo. Like several recent biopics, Ellen Kuras’ film is structured around a long-term interview. We thus discover Lee Miller (Kate Winslet), aged and rough, in conversation with a young man (Josh O’Connor) in her house at Farley House in England where her archives are stored. Eluding Lee’s modeling debut in New York, the film revisits in depth several famous photos taken during an extraordinary life: the surreal summer on the Côte d’Azur in 1938 surrounded by Picasso, Man Ray, Paul Éluard, Nusch and Solange d’Ayen (Noémie Merlant and Marion Cotillard, underexploited); covering the last battles of the Liberation as a war correspondent for Vogue. From the photos of Saint-Malo under siege in 1944 to the discovery of Hitler’s bunker and the death camps, the film is underpinned by a permanent ethical questioning of war photography and empathy as a driving force of creation. A necessary tribute. – J.G.
Lee Miller ★★★✩
Directed by Ellen Kuras. With Kate Winslet, Andy Samberg, Alexander Skarsgard – 117′.
1) Niki: Inhabited portrait of the sculptor Niki de Saint Phalle
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Discover the film via our meeting with actress Charlotte Le Bon via this article:
NIKI ★★★✩
Directed by Céline Sallette. With Charlotte Le Bon, John Robinson, Damien Bonnard, Judith Chemla – 98′
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