Word: protofeminist
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...pure High Hollywood elegiac. This is revolution as amour fou, which Diane Keaton knows something about from her turns as Louise Bryant in Reds and the frazzled Mata Hari in The Little Drummer Girl. Keaton and Australian Director Gillian Armstrong (My Brilliant Career) might seem to make a good protofeminist match, but the results are dour and disappointing. The film's strongest suit--Russell Boyd's sepulchrally seductive cinematography--ironicall y seals its doom. Mrs. Soffel (rhymes with woeful) is Bonnie and Clyde with the emotional lights turned down, Tristan und Isolde without the saving soaring music...
ENTRE NOUS. Two young wives (Isabelle Huppert and Miou-Miou) feel marooned in the stay-at-home '50s and ignite a protofeminist friendship. In this bittersweet comedy, Writer-Director Diane Kurys alchemizes anger into understanding...