May 25, 2007

Cannes. Apres lui.

After Him "Apres lui [After Him] puts Catherine Deneuve front and center to compelling, if somewhat overwrought, effect," writes Variety's Lisa Nesselson. Director Gael Morel "isn't shy about employing the full camera vocabulary - from crane shots to extreme closeups - to frame his lead character's dismay in the months after her 20-year-old son is killed in a car crash."

For european-films.net editor Boyd van Hoeij, this is "one of [Deneuve's] most expressive roles in years.... Mourning has been a consistent theme in the films of both Morel and the films that co-screenwriter Christophe Honoré directed on his own, such as last year's Dans Paris (Inside Paris). Their exploration of the subject comes to full fruition here."

And for Allan Hunter, writing in Screen Daily, Deneuve's performance is "her most memorable and moving since Place Vendome (1998)."

Rebecca Leffler talks with Morel for the Hollywood Reporter about his Directors' Fortnight entry.

Cannes @ 60. Index.

Posted by dwhudson at May 25, 2007 2:21 AM