Vincent Winterhalter Movies
English hang-ups about romance get satirically filtered through the perspective of French movies in this witty, cinematically-literate comedy helmed by British director Jackie Oudney and scripted by Aschlin Ditta. The creators set up two narratives: in a framing device, Eric Cantona stars as the elitist, pretentious French writer-director Thierry Grimandi, who could use a lesson in humility; he operates according to the mantra, "I consider myself lucky firstly because I am French, secondly because I make movies, thirdly because I understand love." As Grimandi periodically crops up to pontificate on film and relationships, a second narrative emerges. Hugh Bonneville stars as Jed Winter, a smug, unhappy British journalist enduring a super-dysfunctional relationship with long-term girlfriend Cheryl (Victoria Hamilton). She just rejected his marriage proposal out of dissatisfaction for the lack of romantic chemistry in their relationship; they tentatively remain together, but that all seems poised to change when Jed begins to develop feelings for his friend Marcus's girl, Sophie (Anne-Marie Duff) - and it just so happens that Marcus falls for someone else, leaving the situation wide open for Jed to waltz in and sweep Sophie off her feet. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Eric Cantona, Hugh Bonneville, (more)
- 1999
The bones of a young child are unearthed in the outskirts of a remote French town, prompting an extensive investigation by determined authorities in this made for television drama based on the book by Pascale Basset-Chercot and starring Amelie's Audrey Tautou. As a detective arrives in town in search of the clues that will help him solve this troubling mystery, his deductive skills are constantly subverted by the highly secretive and ominously eccentric behavior of the suspicious small-town denizens. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Audrey Tautou, Vincent Winterhalter, (more)
