#christophe malavoy

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Le voyage en douce (AKA A Sweet Journey) | Michel Deville | 1980

Christophe Malavoy, Dominique Sanda

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Death in a French Garden/Péril en la demeure (1985) dir. Michel Deville

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Films Watched in 2022:

81. Madame Bovary (1991) - Dir. Claude Chabrol

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En regardant “Péril en la demeure” de Michel Deville

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TV: La Ville dont le prince est un enfant (1997)

No es la primera adaptación de la pieza teatral “La Ville dont le prince est un enfant” (1951), escrita por el dramaturgo francés Henry de Montherlant. El título original, que se traduciría como “La villa donde el príncipe es un niño”, refiere a una cita bíblica del Libro del Eclesiastés (más precisamente Ec. 10:16, que afirma “Ay de ti, tierra, cuando tu rey es muchacho, y tus príncipes comen de mañana!”). El telefilme, conocido en el mundo anglosajón como “The Fire That Burns”, fue dirigido por Christophe Malavoy, que también cumple aquí un rol actoral.

Malavoy interpreta al Abad of Pradts, uno de los religiosos que está a cargo de un internado francés en años previos a la Segunda Guerra Mundial. El hombre tiene entre sus favoritos a Serge Souplier (Clément van den Bergh), un dulce niño de once años a quien le permite todo y lo protege de la rigurosidad de las reglas. Casi como un padre de verdad. Casi.

Lo que al abad le molesta, y mucho, es la “amistad particular” (término que en este blog ya conocemos desde la reseña de la película titulada, específicamente, “Les amitiés particulières”; su mención no es azarosa pues esta obra tiene algunos puntos en común con aquella) que el pequeñín mantiene con André Sevrais (Naël Marandin), un muchacho que le lleva cinco años. La relación es inequívocamente gay, aunque sumida en la ternura esperable que la edad de Souplier requiere. Misteriosamente, el religioso les concede a esta amistad de mala fama (ambos tenía prohibido el verse siquiera) una oportunidad para reencauzar sus afectos en libertad. O al menos eso creen.

Aquí, un trailer de la película (la calidad no es buena):

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Alive from Off Center was an anthology series on PBS that featured experimental short films by a mixture of up-and-coming and established directors. The series was canceled in 1996 after twelve seasons. For "A Tribute to Georges Méliès" (July 1989), this silent film pioneer's lost scripts were reinterpreted by modern filmmakers. (Top) Christopher Malavoy in "The Artist's Dream." (Bottom) David Rocheline and Daria Elies in "The Seven Deadly Sins."

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Christopher Malavoy in “The Artist’s Dream,” for “Alive from Off Center: A Tribute to Georges Méliès” (July 1989), PBS. Via @broadcastarchive-umd / Special Collections in Media & Culture (Broadcasting Archives), Hornbake Library at University of Maryland.

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Death in a French Garden

Death in a French Garden    [trailer]

A young music teacher, has an affair with the mother of his student. One evening, he is savagely attacked by an unknown man who tries to break his hands.

The summary doesn't do the sexual tension between all the characters justice. Everyone has highly personal and intimate conversations. And more or less everybody seems to sexually desire everyone. And it still feels normal. It's remarkable.

I liked the editing. Made for some very efficient transition between scenes.

The sight of ancient technology - tape cassettes, video cassettes, phones with a cord - made me smile.

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Péril en la demeure (AKA Death in a French Garden) | Michel Deville | 1985

Christophe Malavoy, Anémone

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Laurence Sudre

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Madame Bovary  1991

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" CHRISTOPHE MALAVOY " 4204 AUTOGRAPHES, COLLECTION PRIVÉE JAK ARNOULD ...

Christophe Malavoy, autographes, collection privée Jak Arnould ©ADAGP

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Monte Carlo (2011) is a great movie and here’s why

You wouldn’t even care about the relationships. You’d care about how Grace and co. are going to survive in high society. You’re worried about how they’re gonna be found out. You’ll laugh at every faux pas they make. But you’ll also be touched at Grace’s compassion, at Emma’s optimism, at Meg’s cautious hope. You’ll be concerned at their relationships to each other, not to their relationships to their boyfriends. You’ll spend the entire movie laughing and smiling at these three girls who just wanted a vacation in Paris, France, and somehow ended up in Monte Carlo, Monaco with an expensive necklace to wear, people to impress, and an adventure they would never forget.

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Madame Bovary (1991)

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This is my final humiliation. You never loved me. You’re just as bad as the others.