Resnais. Prix Fipresci.

Just now tumbling across the German wires comes news that FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics, is saluting Alain Resnais by awarding its "European Film Award of the Critics 2007 - Prix FIPRESCI" to Coeurs (Private Fears in Public Places). For Christian Viviani, Resnais "treats the characters the way an affectionate puppeteer would treat his creatures. He contemplates their comings and goings with the benevolence of one who knows that agitation is vain, but who prefers that people find it out for themselves."

The prize will be presented during the European Film Awards ceremony on Saturday in Berlin.

Posted by dwhudson at November 27, 2007 11:13 AM