Helen Vager Movies
- 1987
Noted stage director Patrice Chereau adds his stylistic flair to this drama loosely taken from a story by Anton Chekhov. A French family is shown as they go through the daily routines of life. Arguing, feasting, crying, and yearning for love are just some of the human emotions encountered. The mood wavers between excessive noise to silence while those not participating in the conversations listen in. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Starring:
- Laurent Grévill, Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, (more)
- 1985
In one of the more bizarre documentaries to come out of French cinema, this is a record of a confrontation between ex-Nazi SS officer Alfred Filbert, several Orthodox Jews, and the director of this documentary Thomas Harlan (son of Veit Harlan who made films for the Third Reich). Director Harlan talked Alfred Filbert into coming to Paris for this documentary, ostensibly a biography of the ex-Nazi officer. When the aged Filbert is in the studio, a group of Orthodox Jews, some Holocaust survivors, are brought in to confront the man. Filbert was convicted in a 1959 war crimes trial, and served his sentence until 1976 when he was released due to "failing eyesight" (not in evidence here). As Filbert accuses director Harlan of underhanded deception and tries to leave, his way out is blocked by technicians while Harlan shouts out the 1959 criminal charges against him -- an unusual, inexplicable documentary indeed.
~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Helen Vager
- 1980
The title tells all -- or nearly all -- in the French melodrama Guns. The film concerns a group of disparate types who support themselves by running guns to the Arabs. On the surface, it would seem that these characters are bad guys. In fact, the guns are to be used by a resistance group who hope to continue shipping oil to the West, despite the despotic curbs imposed upon fuel shipments by their leaders. Very little of the film makes sense, though the action highlights are worthwhile. Guns was written and directed by Robert Kramer, who also plays a minor role. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Patrick Bauchau, Juliet Berto, (more)
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