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L'ange et la femme [The Angel and the Woman] (Gilles Carle, 1977)

Dec

3

L'ange et la femme (1977)

Gabriel (Lewis Furey) and the woman he named Fabienne (Carole Laure). DP: François Protat.

A caregiver*

A woman is brutally murdered and taken home by a young man. This man – this angel – takes away her wounds, returns her to life, and nurses her. They fall in love.

* the Bales 2025 Film Challenge for December has a few dateless themes. This is one of them.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #GillesCarle #CaroleLaure #LewisFurey #JeanComptois #StephenLack #JLéoGagnon #GeorgesLévesque #FrançoisProtat #drama #mystery #fantasy #crime #Hooptober #Québec #Canada #1970s ★★★☆☆

Sweet Movie (Dušan Makavejev, 1974)

Sep

13

International Chocolate Day

Sweet Movie (1974)

The most virgin, Miss 1984 (Carole Laure), bathing in chocolate. DP: Pierre Lhomme.

Chocolate for International Chocolate Day (Milton S. Hershey's birthday)

“In all my years of practice, I've never seen anything so sweet. A rosebud.”

– Dr. Mittelfinger

Miss Canada, winner of the “most virgin” contest, escapes her rich, milk tycoon husband into a world of anarchy, lust, and sugar.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #InternationalChocolateDay #chocolate #food #DušanMakavejev #CaroleLaure #PierreClémenti #AnnaPrucnal #SamiFrey #JohnVernon #ManosHatzidakis #PierreLhomme #comedy #France #Canada #WestGermany #1970s

La mort d'un bûcheron [The Death of a Lumberjack] (Gilles Carle, 1973)

Jul

12

1920

La mort d'un bûcheron (1973)

Blanche Bellefeuille (Denise Filiatrault) in front of a wall covered in catholic knickknacks. Through a door, nightclub entrepreneur Armand St. Amour (Willie Lamothe) can be seen asleep, his beloved cowboy boots carefully placed next to his improvised bed. DP: René Verzier.