François Ozon

...who are almost as obsessed with their art today, in "La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet." France is also the setting for the new Francois Ozon fairy tale "Ricky," about an exceedingly unusual baby, and "Park Benches," an ensemble drama...

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...Catherine Deneuve buying a cabinet, and a flying baby. Two titles have U.S. distribution (IFC Films bought Park Benches and Francois Ozon's Ricky, the winged-infant movie, which opens next month); none can be considered unmissable. The...

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...French Films" series includes "Park Benches," a comedy by Bruno Podalydes starring Catherine Deneuve, and "Ricky," a fantasy by Francois Ozon about a wondrous baby. (718-636-4100.) "From the House of the Dead," Janacek's dark and towering...

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...of international art house cinema, including Jean-Luc Godard, Andrzej Wajda, Michael Cimino, Bertrand Tavernier, Michael Haneke, Francois Ozon and, of course, Claude Chabrol, with whom she has made eight films. Huppert will receive her...

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...actress Carmen Machi in her first lead role beside Czech actor Jan Budar. The festival's special prize went to "Le Refuge" by Francois Ozon of France. The film begins in a chic Paris apartment, where Mousse - Isabelle Carre - and Louis -...

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...selection. Hadewijch, by Bruno Dumont, tells the story of a former novice nun who is led off on a dangerous path. The Refuge by Francois Ozon deals with love, drugs and death. Making Plans for Lena, by Christophe Honore, portrays a brave...

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...the film" because he returned to the set. On Saturday, the films vying for the Golden Shell continue when top French filmmaker Francois Ozon, who made "8 femmes" and "Swimming Pool", unveils his latest work "Le Refuge." Last year's Golden...

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Following the success of "Swimming Pool," French director Francois Ozon's grueling study of a marriage, in reverse chronological order, was mistakenly regarded by critics as a gimmick picture. (At least, I think that's what happened. In any...

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...next week, where it will compete against new films by Atom Egoyan (Chloe), Christophe Honore (Making Plans for Lena) and Francois Ozon (Le Refuge), among others. Naomi Watt's latest film, Rodrigo Garcia's Mother and Child, will close the...

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...a fan I think, 'Wow, what have I done? ' But when it's in a movie it can be even graceful. " Sagnier's bedroom moment in Francois Ozon's Water Drops On Burning Rocks is a YouTube favourite; she spent most of Swimming Pool, a murder mystery by...

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