SHALL WE KISS? – Q&A with Emmanuel Mouret
In Emmanuel Mouret’s quietly observant Un baiser s’il vous plaît / Shall We Kiss? (literally, "A Kiss, If You Please"), which opens today in Los Angeles, a young, good-looking couple, Émilie and Gabriel (Julie Gayet and Michaël Cohen), meet accidentally and are just about ready to go for some physical intimacy when Judith decides to tell Gabriel a story. See, she’s in a relationship. But then again, so is he.
Well, the story in question is about another young, good-looking couple, Judith and Nicolas (Virginie Ledoyen, Mouret, top photo) who broke the barriers of social conventions and personal trust — Judith was married — by kissing one another. But it was all for a [...]
by Andre Soares | April 10, 2009
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Tags: Adultery, Comedies, Emmanuel Mouret, Eric Rohmer, Frederique Bel, Julie Gayet, Los Angeles Screenings, Michael Cohen, Romantic Movies, Sex, Shall We Kiss?, Un baiser s'il vous plait, Virginie Ledoyen, Woody Allen
UN BAISER S’IL VOUS PLAIT: Interview avec Emmanuel Mouret
English version of the Emmanuel Mouret interview.
Quelle était votre inspiration pour l’histoire de Un baiser s’il vou plaît?
En ce qui concerne l’histoire, elle a été plus inspirée par ma vie personnelle que par un film en particulier. Mais ma vie est à l’image de beaucoup d’autres vies et il s’agit d’une situation finalement très commune, et cependant exceptionnelle pour celui qui est traversé par elle.
Pour quoi le choix d’avoir l’histoire principale – celle entre Nicolas et Judith – être un sorte de “flashback”?
Parce que cela correspond aux allers et retours que fait notre pensées lorsqu’on est sexuellement tenté. Nous nous interrogeons en nous remémorant des situations similaires à la notre et leurs conséquences. Dans ces [...]
by Andre Soares | April 9, 2009
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Tags: Emmanuel Mouret, Interviews, Shall We Kiss?, Un baiser s'il vous plait, Virginie Ledoyen
Best Films – 2002
A man is dead. Who among the greedy, ruthless, amoral singing-and-dancing suspects stuck in the snowbound countryside mansion has done it? 8 women is an acquired taste, bien sûr. What seems silly the first time around becomes increasingly wittier and funnier — though no less bizarre — with each repeated viewing. Beautifully shot by Jeanne Lapoirie and chock-full of bitingly sardonic lines and situations (adapted by director François Ozon and Marina de Van, from Robert Thomas’ play), this murder musical is dotted with 8 of the brightest stars of the French cinema of the last 7 (!) decades.
More than seventy years after her film début, Danielle Darrieux, in full form both as an actress and as a singer, joins [...]
by Andre Soares | June 13, 2005
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