Saturday, March 11, 2017
Review: IN BED WITH VICTORIA in RENDEZ-VOUS WITH FRENCH CINEMA 2017
IN BED WITH VICTORIA
Saturday, March 4, 9:30
Sunday, March 12, 3:30pm
THE 22nd RENDEZ-VOUS WITH FRENCH CINEMA
MARCH 1-12, 2017
Tickets & more at
Preview at
In Bed With Victoria / Victoria
Justine Triet, France, 2016, 97m
English and French with English subtitles
English and French with English subtitles
Victoria (Virginie Efira) is a hotshot lawyer with a disastrous personal life. Between juggling a demanding job, raising two kids, and fending off an ex-husband who’s slandering her on the Internet, she can barely be bothered with the hit-or-miss (mostly miss) online hookups she sets up. Around the time Victoria agrees to help her old friend Vincent (Melvil Poupaud) with a decidedly bizarre legal matter, she runs into a charming former client Sam (Vincent Lacoste). Now that a shot at real romance comes along, will the perpetually harried Victoria even recognize it? This refreshingly offbeat (how else to describe a film that features a trial in which the star witness is a Dalmatian?) farce is propelled by Efira’s irresistible performance as a heroine who’s raw, real, and complicated in ways that transcend the rom-com formula.
Saturday, March 4, 9:30pm (Q&A with Justine Triet)
Sunday, March 12, 3:30pm
Sunday, March 12, 3:30pm
REVIEW:
This is a slightly loopy movie, but fun. It does raise some major questions about the rules of procedure in French courts.
Both Vincent Lacoste and Melvil Poupaud were seen in films last year at the RENDEZ-VOUS 2016. Vincent Lacoste was featured in Julie Delpy’s LOLO, and Melvil Poupaud was in THE GREAT GAME. We interviewed Melvil last year – the links are below.
CAST AND CREW
Director – Justine Triet
Writers – Justine Triet, Thomas Levy-Lasne
Virginie Efira - Victoria Spick
Vincent Lacoste - Samuel Mallet
Melvil Poupaud - Vincent Kossarski
Laurent Poitrenaux – David
Neither the dog nor the chimp are credited in IMDB.
LINKS
IN BED WITH VICTORIA – IMDB
JUSTINE TRIET – IMDB
VIRGENIE EFIRA – IMDB
VINCENT LACOSTE – IMDB
JULIE DELPY’S LOLO (WITH VINCENT LACOSTE) – QPORIT
MELVIL POUPAUD – IMDB
Labels: IN BED WITH VICTORIA, Justine Triet, Laurent Poitrenaux, Melvil Poupaud, Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, The Film Society of Lincoln Center, Thomas Levy-Lasne, Vincent Lacoste, Virginie Efira
Thursday, March 17, 2016
JULIE DELPY interview in VR VIDEO... and LOLO review
CONVERSATION WITH JULIE DELPY
Julie Delpy's LOLO, screened at the RENDEZ-VOUS WITH FRENCH FILMS, at the Film Society of Lincoln Center, is a delightful, humorous, romantic(*), romantic comedy.
(* Note: not every "romantic comedy" is particularly romantic these days. This one is.)
(* Note: not every "romantic comedy" is particularly romantic these days. This one is.)
Julie Delpy as Violette and Dany Boon as Jean-Rene
LOLO
Photo by David Koskas
Violette is looking for love and romance and more. Her son is Lolo. (Without giving anything away, note that Lolo is the title character.)
Vincent Lacoste as Lolo
LOLO
Photo by David Koskas
Julie wrote and directed the film, and plays Violette. Lolo is played by a terrific young actor, Vincent Lacoste. Violette's somewhat naive, geeky lover is played by Dany Blom, a noted French actor, director and producer. Violette's best friend is played by Karin Viard (who also appears in 21 Nights With Pattie at this year's RENDEZ-VOUS).
The story is mischievious(**) , and we discover at the end that it is making a more profound statement than we had realized.
(** A somewhat off-topic note on American usage: I use "mischievious" intentionally - rather than "mischievous" - to mean a deliberately humorous use of mischievous behavior. Lolo is mischievous. Julie's story uses mischievous behavour mischieviously.)
Julie Delpy as Violette
LOLO
Photo by David Koskas
I talked with Julie about LOLO, about her film studies, about music in film, her work with Godard as a young actress, and many other topics.
CONVERSATION WITH JULIE DELPY
ON VIDEO
ON VIDEO
PLUS 3D AND 360 VIRTUAL REALITY
FOR CARDBOARD AND GEAR VR
Here, first, is a 360 video showing the start of the conversation.
(On a COMPUTER, grab the video and move it to look around at the scene; on a SMARTPHONE or CARDBOARD or GEAR VR, turn your head to look around; if you don't see everything at first, watch it again!)
360 VIDEO - STARTING THE CONVERSATION
LOOK AROUND!
360 VIDEO - STARTING THE CONVERSATION
LOOK AROUND!
TO WATCH IN 360 - panoramic video
On a computer screen grab the screen with your mouse and drag to rotate the view.
CARDBOARD
Click on the three dots in the upper right with your smartphone.
Select the cardboard icon.
Turn your head to view the whole scene.
Replay the video to continue to look around.
USING GEAR VR
Click on the square in the lower right, then on 360 in the lower left.
Note: This is low-res, so it will be grainy in Gear VR.
Turn your head to view the whole scene.
Replay the video to continue to look around.
Below is an edited video of our conversation,
to watch in (either) standard 2D or in 3D.
CONVERSATION WITH JULIE DELPY
2D VERSION
CONVERSATION WITH JULIE DELPY
3D VERSION
TO WATCH IN 3D
On a computer screen this will default to "analglyph" - use red/cyan glasses -
but it is intended to be watched in Google CARDBOARD or GEAR VR:
CARDBOARD
Click on the three dots in the upper right.
USING GEAR VR
Click on the square in the lower right, then on 3D in the lower left.
LOLO - CAST AND CREW
CREW
Director - Julie Delpy
Writer - Julie Delpy, Eugenie Grandval
Producer - Michael Gentile
Cinematographer - Thierry Arbogast AFC
Music - Matthieu Sibony
CAST
Julie Delpy - Violette
Dany Boon - Jean-René Graves
Vincent Lacoste - Eloi ... aka Lolo
Karin Viard - Ariane
LOLO ON IMDB
JULIE DELPY ON IMDB
JULIE DELPY ON WIKIPEDIA
FOR A FULL RECAP OF THE 2016 RENDEZ-VOUS WITH FRENCH FILMS:
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2016/03/preview-21st-rendez-vous-with-french.html
JULIE DELPY VIDEOS ON AMAZON
JULIE DELPY - MUSIC MUSIC FROM LOLO
JULIE DELPY ON AMAZON - ALL!
SOME JULIE DELPY FILMS
Labels: Dany Boon, director, interview, Julie Delpy, LOLO, Rendez-Vous With French Films, romantic comedy, The Film Society of Lincoln Center, Vincent Lacoste, Virtual Reality, VR Video
