When a beautiful girl (Edith Scab) is horribly disfigured in a car accident, her brilliant physician father (Pierre Brasseur), the driver of the vehicle, vows to reconstruct her face. Is it out of love for his blemished Christiane? Is it guilt? Or is the diabolical Dr. Genessier making a...More
How much or how little are we obliged to honour the wishes of our parents after they are gone? This is the question posed by Olivier Assayas in his rueful and wise new film, the most internationally heralded of his career to date.
In Summer Hours, the divergent paths of three...More