The Beauty of the Real: What Hollywood Can Learn from Contemporary French Actresses
Mick LaSalle
This book showcases a range of contemporary French actresses to an audience that will know how to appreciate them—an American public hungry for the exact qualities that these women represent. To spend time with them, to admire their flashing intelligence & fearless willingness to depict life as it is lived, gives us what we're looking for in movies but so rarely find: insights into womanhood, meditations on the dark & light aspect's of life's journey, revelations & explorations that move viewers to reflect on their own lives. The stories they bring to the screen leave us feeling renewed & excited about movies again.
Based on one-on-one interviews and the viewing of numerous films, Mick LaSalle has put together a fascinating profile of recent generations of French film stars and an overview of their best work. These women's insights & words illuminate his book, which will answer once & for all the two questions Americans most often have about women & the movies: Where did all the great actresses go? And how can I see their movies?
Please click here to see a video discussing The Beauty of the Real at the Roxie Film Festival.