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TV

All the Boys and Girls of Their Time (1994)
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other title: Tous les garçons et les filles de leur âge... / 同龄的少男少女 …
Tous les garçons et les filles de leur âge... is a French anthology tv series. Filmmakers were given the opportunity to portray an episode about the coming of age of young people during one of the past few decades, accompanied by music of that period.

Movie

Saint-Cyr (2000)
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other title: 旧日烟云 / 情妇校长 …
Late 17th Century: Anne de Grandcamp and Lucie de Fontenelle, two little girls from Normandy, arrive at the Saint-Cyr school founded by Madame de Maintenon for educating the daughters of impoverished nobles ruined in wars and making them into free women. Madame de Maintenon is the secret wife of Louis XIV, and empowered by his support, she offers "her" two hundred fifty girls a playful and avant-garde education. Anne and Lucie, two inseparable friends, allow themselves to be carried away by the promise of a bright future. But Maintenon has arrived at the pinnacle of power through scheming and debasing herself and she now fears the fires of hell. She is counting on her model school to atone for her past sins.

Movie

Thick Skinned (1989)
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帕特里西亚·玛佐 actor: 桑德里娜·博内尔 / 让-弗朗索瓦·斯泰弗南 …
other title: 厚牛皮 / Peaux de vaches …
The film (and the acting) is superbly done, but the story is intense. I like it for its' dark, thick, "Cul du Sac" psychology but it is certainly not for everyone for that very reason. Set in isolated, rural France makes this film all the more desperate. The film is about strenuous relationships, loyalty - and despair. It is about accepting hardships without really understanding them. It is also about pity and how it is to be distinguished from love and admiration. I've seen many French films with the same intensity and I'm guessing that it will be mostly the French who will enjoy this film. The acting is superb in this film – if you're in the right state of mind and don't loose your concentration. Jean-François Stevenin ALWAYS impresses me. He doesn't disappoint me here either. For general audiences, however, I'd recommend his performance in "Deux Lions au Soleil" which is much more easily palatable than "Peux de Vaches". Despite the fact that I like "Peux de Vaches", I have difficulties recommending it to anyone other than French audiences and perhaps someone with a morose demeanor.

Movie

马上少女 (2012)
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帕特里西亚·玛佐 actor: 玛丽娜·汉斯 / 布鲁诺·冈茨 …
other title: Sport de filles / 马上的女子
格拉兹是一名天赋异禀的骑马师,因为承诺给自己的赛马被卖走,而愤怒离开雇用自己的马场。 从零开始,她只能接受到父亲农场邻近的种马养殖场当饲马员。 马场主人约瑟芬·德·希莱纳,使用铁腕手段为前冠军、德国教练弗朗兹·马纳在此处经营着一项国际盛名的赛事,弗朗兹刁钻而陈腐,全世界富有的马师都争相渴望得到他的赏识和器重。 这个权力和金钱的小社会,并不需要格拉兹这种只负有满腹才华,性格坚韧,全力以赴的人。蓄足力量,准备超越所有障碍以及弗朗兹的她,甚至将自身置于常理之外:她只跟随着一个契而不舍的顽念:得到一匹自己的马,并带着它走向巅峰⋯⋯