Good morning! PARIS BASED FILMS Last month I wrote about films based in Paris. Howard Rodman suggests another film called Les Misérables. It is by Ladj Ly and won the Jury Prize at Cannes, which Howard describes as: “a taut, violent, moving tale of the Parisian suburbs — les banlieus, populated by the people you don't see in the typical movies about Paris — those of sub-Saharan African or Maghrebi descent. It's based on a real-life occurrence of police violence which took place in Montfermeil in 2008. The film's title is a tip of the hat to Montfermeil, where Victor Hugo lived, and where (fictionally) Jean Valjean met Cosette.”
#279 Musings from the Bunker 12/17/20
#279 Musings from the Bunker 12/17/20
#279 Musings from the Bunker 12/17/20
Good morning! PARIS BASED FILMS Last month I wrote about films based in Paris. Howard Rodman suggests another film called Les Misérables. It is by Ladj Ly and won the Jury Prize at Cannes, which Howard describes as: “a taut, violent, moving tale of the Parisian suburbs — les banlieus, populated by the people you don't see in the typical movies about Paris — those of sub-Saharan African or Maghrebi descent. It's based on a real-life occurrence of police violence which took place in Montfermeil in 2008. The film's title is a tip of the hat to Montfermeil, where Victor Hugo lived, and where (fictionally) Jean Valjean met Cosette.”