Attention, Francophiles and French expats: this weekend we are bringing two new films to our screens just for you: ABUSE OF WEAKNESS [Abus de faiblesse] Catherine Breillat’s autobiographical film about her experience with a notorious swindler — the intense Isabelle Huppert stars — and Philippe Garrel’s JEALOUSY [La jalousie], which stars his son Louis as part of a group of young people aging out of their bohemianism, some more smoothly than others. in Time Out New York Keith Uhlich wrote that JEALOUSY “cuts straight to the bone” and in the Village Voice Alan Scherstuhl called the film “vital and vigorous.” About ABUSE Peter Sobczynski of RogerEbert.com posted “this examination of power, greed, emotional manipulation and simple need is gripping and powerful to behold.” In Film Comment, Kristin Jones wrote “it’s hard to imagine an actress other than Huppert so artfully layering frailty and toughness, self-delusion and self-awareness, and her complex portrayal is an irresistible foil to Kool Shen’s [the swindler] blank expressions and wounded swagger.” See one or see both and bon film!
