Lost In Frenchlation

On this episode of Lost in Frenchlation, we talk to Suzanne Lindon and Paul Kircher about what it was like to star in the new film by Cedric Klapisch, La Venue de l’avenir (French Title), Colors of Time (English Title). As always ARBL Murray (Alex Brook Lynn), and Manon Kerjean interviewed the pair as their film screened at Le Balzac Cinema during a Lost in Frenchlation event.

Suzanne and Paul share about what it was like to embody characters from the turn of the 19th century in Paris, as the modern city began to emerge. We talk about art, life, emotional scenes, and legacy.

La Venue de l’avenir (Colors of Time) is about four cousins who inherit a house in rural Normandy. They are encouraged to sell it to make way for a large development but after they visit the house they begin to discover the story of their ancestors, notably a young woman named Adèle (Suzanne Lindon). They trace her story through Paris as the city is really starting to embrace the modern age.

Both Paul and Suzanne are born and raised Parisians and recommend the film Le Péril Jeune (Good Old Daze) and a quintessential coming of age film about young Parisians.

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On this episode of Lost in Frenchlation Manon Kerjean and ARBL Murray (Alex Brook Lynn) interview Giulio Callegari the director of the new robot comedy ‘Un Monde Merveilleux’ or the English version ‘Robot T-O’

The film is set in the not so distant future in which robot companions have hit the consumer market and are now as common as the I-phone. We meet Max and her 10 year old daughter Paula who live off stealing and small time hustles. When they steal an outdated robot model and try to re-sell it, things don’t work out as planned and Max is separated from Paula and stuck with only the robot named Tio to help get her daughter back. Although Max hates technology and how robots have changed the world, she learns a few lessons from her new robot friend.

Originally a screenwriter for various films and TV shows, Gulio has made his directorial debut with this film. Guilio talks about the classics that inspired the parent/ child dynamics in this film like Cassavetes’ Gloria and Eastwood’s A Perfect World. We delve into what makes Blanche Charlie the perfect modern day Charlie Chaplin and why we should all be afraid of robots with cute faces.

This episode was recorded at the Luminor Theater in Paris.

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In this Episode of Lost in Frenchlation we talk to Laura Piani, the writer and director of ‘Jane Austen Wrecked My Life,’ a new romantic comedy about a woman who lives between the pages and struggles to finish her own story. Laura shares with us why she decided to direct, what inspired this story, and how she chose to show the work of Jane Austen in a new light.

We delve into some of the autobiographical elements of the film: The main character works at the famed Shakespeare and Co. as did Laura herself– and discuss the male archetypes in the films wonderfully funny love triangle, and the best book Laura ever read.

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The hosts for this episode are Manon Kerjean and ARBL Murray (Alex Brook Lynn). This episode was recorded and produced by World Radio Paris.

It’s that time of year again! The Cannes Film Festival wrap up! There were anarchists sabotaging electrical systems and fainting spells during the screenings but was it also an exciting year for cinema? Our guest Youri Rebeko helps us unpack it all and shares his top picks and biggest disappointments this year.

Youri is a screenwriter, composer, and one of the hosts of the popular French cinema podcast La Perche.

This episode is produced and hosted by Manon Kerjean and ARBL Murray and recorded in the 20th arrondissement of Paris.

Notes on Episode:

Youri’s Picks

Sirat

Left Handed Girl

A Simple Accident

Manon’s Picks

Des Preuves d’Amour

La Petite Dernière

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n this Episode of Lost in Frenchlatin we talk with Global Cinema expert Dina Iordanova about her 2016 book Cinemas of Paris.

We talk about how Paris is a “never ending film festival,” and why movie going in the city of light is unlike anywhere else.

We talk about the wealth of movie theaters and why they are all different. How some have gone to extreme lengths to keep these cinemas open and some have been saved by the city itself.

Dina Iordanova is Emeritus Professor in Global Cinema at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. A native of Bulgaria, she has worked around the world for more than three decades. She is a film historian of transnational cinema and has particular interest in the study of film festivals and global film circulation.

In this Episode We Discuss:

Cinemas:

Le Brady, Cinema La Clef, La Pagode, Espace Saint-Michel and many others.

You can read more of Dina’s Work here:

The Complicated History of Women at Cannes Film Festival (2021)

Cannes Is Not A Film Festival: It Is a Club for Insiders (2018)

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In this Episode of Lost in Frenchlatin we talk with lauded French filmmaker and screenwriter Arnaud Desplechinabout his new film ‘Spectateurs!’ (Filmlovers!)

His film screened at the beautiful Jeu de Paume in the Tuileries Gardens, during the Lost in Frenchlation event. Manon Kerjean and ARBL Murray were able to chat with Arnaud about his films, his inspiration, and what it was like to put together his own personal ode to cinema. Arnaud tells us why he used the mixed forms of narrative and documentary, what his earliest interactions with art were and why Pretty Woman occupies his thoughts from time to time.

In this Episode We Discuss:

Films of Arnaud Desplechin

Other Films :

Shoah by Claude Lanzmann

Killer of Sheep by Charles Burnett

The Exiled by Johnnie To

Pretty Woman by Garry Marshall

Philosopher:

Stanley Cavell

Arnaud’s must see recommendation for recent films:

Souleymane’s Story by Boris Lojkine

Listen to Arnaud give a talk about why he loves the film Pretty Woman (In French)

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On this episode Manon Kerjean and ARBL Murray sit down with director Nicolas Peduzzi to talk about his latest documentary film Etat Limité or “On the Edge.”

The Film follows a young psychiatrist Jamal during his daily rounds at the well-known Hospital Beaujon on the edge of Paris. Jamal has to navigate time constraints and budgetary restrictions whilst trying to care for his patients as best he can. Shot over the corse of 3 years, Etat Limité is an incredible portrait of the compassion of a young doctor and limitations of the healthcare system.

Nicolas Peduzzi is a French actor and director. He studied theater and cinema in Italy and New York. His first feature documentary, Southern Belle, a portrait of real-life 26 year-old Texan Taelor Ranzau, was released in 2018, and won the Grand Prix of the FID Marseille in 2019. In 2021. His next film Ghost Song portrayed young people in Houston living on the “fringes” and fighting for survival. Etat Limité is his latest documentary.

You can find him on instagram @nicolaspeduzzi

Film Recommendations from this episode:

On the Adamant: (Sur L’Adamant) 2023 by Nicolas Philibert – Follows patients and caregivers at a psychiatric centre with a unique floating structure located in the middle of the Seine river in central Paris.

Ětra Là: 2012 by Régis Sauder. A story about the psychiatrists, nurses or occupational therapists at the Baumettes detention center in Marseille who receive inmates and help them with their mental illness. The work is hard and thankless but for these workers it is a necessity to participate in the helping of those who suffer.

Opening Song in the Film:

Evile Grimace: Pour Mes Gens

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In this Episode of Lost in Frenchlatin we continue our series on the Cinemas of Paris. Manon Kerjean and ARBL Murray chat with Camille Labé, the new Owner of L’épée de Bois. L’épée de Bois is a small cinema on Rue Mouffetard, one of the most iconic streets of Paris. The cinema opened in 1971 and has changed hands several times. Camille is the most recent owner having taken ownership in February of 2024. Camille tells us what it’s like to run a cinema with a focus on community and classic cinema.

Camille is a big fan of classic comedy and she recommends checking out:

The films of Louis de Funès

Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob

L’aile ou la cuisse

Oscar

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On this episode of Lost in Frenchlation, Manon Kerjean and ARBL Murray talk to the crew at the Luminor Cinema, one of the oldest movie houses in Paris, about what it’s like to run an art-house theater. From the Paris projectionist shortage to the regulations for film distribution, the story of the Luminor touches all facets of film culture in Paris and, more broadly, France.

Andy Sellitto is the cinema manager, and Anna Dichio coordinates events as well as heads the awareness campaign to Save The Luminor. They reveal for us what it’s like to run this place, in one of the most famous neighborhoods in the world (The Marais), while fighting for the attention of cinema-goers and dodging building owners who want to shut it all down.

For see what is playing at the Luminor go to:

https://www.luminor-hoteldeville.com

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For this holiday episode we are delving into cinema history with renowned cinephile, David Honnorat, and talking all bout French comedy film. Our focus is Santa Claus is a Stinker (Le père Noël est une ordure) 1982, and French Fried Vacation 2: The Bronzes go Skiing (Les Bronzés font du ski) 1979.

David is a renowned cinephile and video essayist. He runs a successful youtube channel called Calmos named after another film of the time by Bertrand Blier. He also wrote a movie guide and a Movieland map.

David unpacks the cultural influences that made this era of comedy so unique and gives us some background on the Parisian theater company (Le Splendid) that created the movement.

There are two of David’s videos with English subtitles on his channel Calmos

The essay on Kitchen with Apartment (1993)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj5aedz2iso

And OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0fURk7ykLI

Show Hosts are ARBL Murray (Alex Brook Lynn) and Manon Kerjean

Show Notes:

We love giving our audience a little homework. Here are David’s recommendations for getting started with French Comedy:

OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006)

Spy comedy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSS_117:_Cairo,_Nest_of_Spies

La Grande Vadrouille (1966)

French civilians help a stranded British Royal Air Force crew navigate Nazi Occupied France to safety.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Grande_Vadrouille

Other French Comedy and Film Comedians mentioned in this episode:

Le splendid – Theater Troupe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Splendid

Coluche – A French stage comedian

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coluche

Ettore Scola’s Ugly, dirty and nasty (Affreux, sales et méchants)

A dark Italian comedy about life in the outskirts of Rome.

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affreux,_sales_et_méchants

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