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Cannes Review: Being 'Young & Beautiful' Isn't Easy In Francois Ozon's Latest

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • May 16, 2013 11:55 AM
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"No one's serious at seventeen," goes a line from Rimbaud's poem of the same name, and it's just one of a handful of confused messages in Francois Ozon's "Jeune Et Jolie (Young And Beautiful)," a flesh-filled exploration of teenage sexuality. Ozon, no stranger to provocative imagery, takes off the rose-colored glasses for his look at youthful dalliances and coming-of-age. Indeed, there is nary a sexual experience or conversation within the film that isn't marked by some kind of confusion, pain or absence of feeling, with "Jeune Et Joli" either the profile of a single wayward youth or a declaration that sex has devolved into a crude transaction.
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More: Cannes Film Festival, Reviews, Review, Francois Ozon, Jeune & Jolie

Review: 'Potiche' A Frothy, Fun Distraction

  • By Kimber Myers
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  • March 25, 2011 1:58 AM
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French auteur Francois Ozon’s “Potiche” begins with a scene that seems straight out of a Disney movie; that is, if Sleeping Beauty were wearing a ‘70s-era tracksuit and she happened upon bunnies shagging like, well, bunnies. Catherine Deneuve’s Suzanne Pujol steadfastly treks through the woods, keeping her figure trim for her businessman husband as she composes poetry for the feathered and furry friends who surround her. But as Suzanne walks through an idyllic oasis and returns to her mansion, it becomes clear that her life is no fairy tale.
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More: Actors, Actresses, Foreign Films, Review, Foreign Directors, Gerard Depardieu, Fabrice Luchini, Potiche, Francois Ozon

Watch: Trailer For Francois Ozon's 'Potiche' Starring Catherine Deneuve & Gérard Depardieu

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • February 23, 2011 9:31 AM
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Francois Ozon is back with another frothy, primary color-imbued comedy in the vein of "8 Women."
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More: Foreign Films, Foreign Directors, Potiche, Francois Ozon

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