22 October 2021. By Neptune LES ILLUSIONS PERDUES **** (vo French) This sumptuous tableau set in 19th century France about a young, idealistic poet’s coming-of-age (perfectly embodied by the delicate Benjamin Voisin), is based on one of Honoré de Balzac’s novels from his grand collection, ‘La Comédie Humaine’. With his brilliant cast of character actors […]
FILM: EIFFEL – the fascinating story of the man who built it
15 October 2021. By Neptune As there are five very different worthwhile films opening up this week, I will make my reviews short. Depending on your taste and inclination, they are each fascinating in their own right. So do catch them before they’re gone. And don’t forget the sublime AFTER LOVE, which I reviewed last […]
FILM: AFTER LOVE – touching and unforgettable
AFTER LOVE **** You can’t get more contrasted than Dover and Calais, or an English wife and a French mistress who have shared one man whom they both loved deeply. But as often in life, the facts are far deeper than the surface appearance. For here it’s less about infidelity and more about the view […]
FILM: NO TIME TO DIE – 007 – Bond is back and he is excellent!
NO TIME TO DIE – 007 ***1/2 Bond is back and he is excellent! Directed by California-born Cary Joji Fukunaga (“Jane Eyre”, “Sin Nombre”), it has everything and more that 007 aficionados have come to love about the franchise which has been going on since 1962 with 24 films in all. Action, amazing stunts, […]
FILM: BIGGER THAN US – young people taking the future into their own hands
23 September 2021. By Neptune BIGGER THAN US *** Malati, a young girl of 18 from Bali, started her campaign against plastic pollution in her country at the age of 12. She takes us on a journey around the world, visiting like-minded, caring young people who have decided to take the future into their own […]
FILM: DUNE – incredibly thrilling
17 September 2021. By Neptune DUNE **** The word for this futuristic film is grandiose. It is a blockbuster that is serious and somber, yet incredibly thrilling. You know you have landed in exceptional territory as the music begins to soar and throb, but then who else could move you as well as the multi […]
FILM: DELICIOUS – a beguiling, old-fashioned tale
10 September 2021. By Neptune DÉLICIEUX (Delicious) ***1/2 (vo French) This film by Eric Besnard is what the title evokes – delicious! The courtly interiors, the bucolic paysage, the delicate music, the inventive food, and the slow love that finally develops make it so. It’s a French film after all, based in the late 18th […]
FILM: THE PATIENCE STONE (Pierre de Patience /Singue Sabour)
By Neptune On Friday 10 September at 19.30 The GRUTLI (in Geneva) with the CINE-CLUB-PERSAN (CCP) will show the film PIERRE DE PATIENCE /SINGUE SABOUR with the actrice GOLSHIFTEH FARAHANI in support of AFGHANI WOMEN. The CCP feels a strong duty towards our Afghani cousins to remind us how the injustices of the past decades […]
THEATER ! in Geneva and Vevey
By Neptune ET J’AI CRIÉ ALINE (based on C.F. Ramuz and created by Thierry Romanens) Last night I saw an exceptional piece of theater at Geneva’s L’Orangerie in the Parc La Grange. If you’re looking for music, there is a hypnotic trio of a pianist, drummer and bassist that accompanies and sort of plays the […]
CONCERTS AND MORE…!
By Neptune Who says Geneva and its environs are boring? We have a vast variety of festivals, including film, theatre and musical events galore. I last wrote about the intimate but international Tannay music festival which is still going on through the 29th of August. There are also the musical concerts in the charming Renoir-like […]
