After Iranian and Japanese films, our topic this time is the best Japanese films to watch before you die, in which we list five films.
After our previous articles on Iranian films and Japanese films you should watch, this time we are going to one of the first countries that come to mind when it comes to art. We take a look at the cinema of France, which has a lot of art in its history, from the Louvre museum to its famous painters. Of course, it is not possible for a whole country to look at the films made from past to present and choose 5 of them. As we always say, the best French movies we will write here are just humble suggestions. Let’s move on to our list slowly.
The best French movies you should watch
Enter the Void
The movie “Enter The Void”, shot by the extraordinary director Gasper Noé in 2009, has the distinction of being a 15-minute applause at the Cannes film festival in the same year it was screened. Gasper Noé, who certainly does not appeal to the general audience, has included disturbing dialogues and scenes in this film.
Since it is very difficult to put the film into a genre mold, our beloved director himself cleared this question mark under the name “Psychedelic Melodrama”. The plot of the movie is branching out over a drug called “DMT”. As mentioned in the movie, this drug called DMT only makes people secrete the hormones they secrete while they are dying.
La Double Vie de Véronique – The double life of Véronique
It was shot by master director Krzysztof Kieslowski in 1991. This French-Polish co-production was shot just before Krzysztof Kieslowski’s famous color trilogy.
The film poetically describes the mysterious and incomprehensible influence of two young women, who live in two far away countries and are very similar to each other in terms of their names, yet have nothing in common and have never met. In the same year she was screened, she was awarded the best actress award at the Cannes Film Festival.
Masculin Feminin – Male Female
Masculin-Feminin, filmed in 1966 by Jean-luc godard, one of the most important representatives of the French new wave, is based on dialogues in bilateral human relations and criticizes the world and France at the time it was shot, through the concept of gender.
It is an uncomplicated, clear film. It is a production in which dialogues and events are prioritized rather than shooting techniques. It is one of the most important productions of the French new wave.
La Haine – Hate
The film, which was transferred to the big screen by Mathieu Kassovitz in 1995, won many awards, especially the best director award from the Cannes film festival. There are some movies, the last scene hits you like a slap in the face. There is a similar situation in La Haine, but this last scene feels hard like a punch instead of a slap.
It is about the experiences of three close friends, one Jewish, one Muslim, and one black, in the ghettos of Paris. This film is a somewhat political, somewhat harsh journey in the suburbs of sparkling Paris.
Le Boucher – Butcher
We’re all familiar with the name Alfred Hitchcock. Most of us chant to appear cultured even if we don’t watch his movies. But have you heard of Claude Chabrol? He is known as the French Hitchcock. The most important reason for this is the intense sense of mystery in his films. And he masterfully feeds this into the film like Hitchcock. The movie Le Boucher, shot in 1970, can be said to be one of our director’s signature works.
Hélène, a teacher in a quiet town in France, begins to hear frequent news of women in the village who suddenly disappeared and their bodies were found. His friend Popaul is shown as the prime suspect. Popaul is a war veteran butcher. The movie begins with Hélène’s attempt to prove her friend’s innocence.