MURDER OF A HATMAKER by Catherine Bernstein

Original title: Assassinat d’une modiste Produced by Arte France, IO Production France – 2005 – 87 min. Synopsis Between her date of birth, on the 2nd of July 1901, and her deportation to Auschwitz, on the 18th of July 1943, in a wagon train leaving from Drancy, Odette Bernstein’s life left few traces, except those found in the administrative archives. This young and independent...

JEAN-CLAUDE BRISSEAU: THE ANGEL AND THE WOMAN by Olivier L. Brunet

Original title: L’ange et la femme : le cinéma de Jean-Claude Brisseau Produced by Blaq Out France – 2008 – 52 min. An extraordinary cineaste, and an avid fan of Hitchcock and Buñuel, Jean-Claude Brisseau makes films that walk a cinematic tightrope and divert from the norm with utter control. A fascinating portrait of one of the most controversial French filmmaker with interviews...