The beauty of the real : what Hollywood can learn from contemporary French actresses / Mick LaSalle.

Author/creator LaSalle, Mick author.
Format Book
Publication InfoStanford, California : Stanford General Books, an imprint of Stanford University Press, [2012]
Descriptionviii, 238 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction : two myths -- Teen rebellion -- The young woman alone : Isabelle Huppert, Isabelle Adjani, and Nathalie Baye -- Juliette Binoche, Emmanuelle Béart, and the temptations of vanity -- The shame of Valeria Bruni Tedeschi -- Sandrine Kiberlain -- Sandrine Bonnaire, Isabelle Huppert, and La cérémonie -- The allure of Hollywood -- Alone at midlife : Nathalie Baye in the nineties -- The French Meryl Streep -- Agnès Jaoui -- Marriage and adultery (same thing) -- Géraldine Pailhas and building a career -- Isabelle Carré and madness -- Les femmes d'un certain age -- The new talent -- France and America -- Appendix one : how to sell French films in the United States -- Appendix two : how to see French films in the United States.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 229-230) and index.
LCCN 2011049156
ISBN9780804768542 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0804768544 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PN1998.2 .L376 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold