The European equivalent of “The Return of the Secaucus 7,” this Swiss film looks at the lives of several men and women in their 30s as they confront the slim gains of the “revolutionary” sixties. Read More »
Tag Archives: Myriam Boyer
L’hôtel de la plage / The Beach Hotel (1978) Michel Lang, Sophie Barjac, Myriam Boyer, Daniel Ceccaldi, Comedy
August in Brittany at a seaside hotel. Some guests are new, some come every year and are friends. The men nearing middle age fish and plan infidelities; their wives have surprises of their own in store. Teens fall in and out of love. Kids not yet teens have their own parties and friendships. In 11 months, most but not all will be back.
Read More »
Série noire (1979) Alain Corneau, Patrick Dewaere, Myriam Boyer, Marie Trintignant, Bernard Blier, Crime, Drama
Franck Poupart is a slightly neurotic door-to-door salesman in a sinister part of Paris’ suburbs. He meets Mona, a teenager, who’s been made a prostitute by her own aunt. Franck would like to change his life and also save Mona from her aunt. Murder is the only solution he finds to achieve his goal… A very gloomy movie, exuding dispair and uneasiness, with pathetic characters.
Read More »