Denis Robert Movies
- 2007
Absurdist duo Benoit Delepine and Gustave Kervern follow-up 2004's Aaltra with this sparse black comedy in which the recently-fired female employees at a children's clothing factory pool their funds to put a hit on their callous boss. Out of work and down on her luck, ex-con Louise (Yolande Moreau) proposes to her jobless sisters that they do something useful by ridding the world of the man who put them all in their current situation. But while security specialist Michel (Bouli Lanners) seems like the perfect candidate to carry out the hit, his ineptitude is so great that he attempts to sub-contract the job to a series of inexperienced - and highly inappropriate - assassins. Notorious Belgian actor Benoît Poelvoorde cameos as a nut-job 9/11 conspiracy theorist, and actor/director Mathieu Kassovitz turns up as an organic hotelier. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Yolande Moreau, Bouli Lanners, (more)
- 1998
With an investigative approach not too far from Michael Moore (Roger and Me), filmmaker Philippe Harel and former journalist Denis Robert teamed on this French-Swiss documentary in an effort to uncover the complexities of financial manipulations that keep the wealthy in power. Archival footage is intercut with numerous interviews. Journalists and other interviewees offer a wide range of opinions and speculations, with leftist Liberation publisher Serge July noting that no changes were evident in Italy even after the country "replaced 80% of its elites." In France, nearly $1 billion is spent by the French government to back the written press. With four-fifths of all media going to a small group of controlling firms, censorship quietly lurks in the background. Only one political leader is interviewed, although Robert sent out dozens of requests for interviews. The 116-minute documentary combines film with a video transfer to film. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
