Pascale Ferran Articles

Marina Hands in Lady Chatterley by Pascale Ferran Perhaps there's hope for this evening's Oscar ceremony. On Saturday, I watched (most of) the French Academy of Film Arts and Sciences' 32nd César du cinéma ceremony held last night (late morning/early afternoon Los Angeles time) at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. The event, hosted by actress Valérie Lemercier and dedicated to recently deceased French film [...]

Lambert Wilson, Laura Morante in Private Fears in Public Places (top); Marina Hands in Lady Chatterley (middle); Samy Naceri in Days of Glory (bottom) The best thing about the 2007 César nominations is the fact that Alain Resnais' beautiful, haunting, magical Coeurs / Private Fears in Public Places received a total of 8 nominations, including a best director nod for Resnais himself, and a best [...]