the vibe
Nita Klein’s Typical Vibe
2 films — slow-burn, wistful, moderate, complex, uneasy
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Nita Klein has 2 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1960s through the 1990s.
In the seacoast town of Boulogne, antique furniture saleswoman Hélène lives with her stepson, Bernard, who's back from military duty in Algiers. An old lover of Hélène's comes to visit, Alphonse, with his niece Françoise; he too is back from Algiers, where he ran a café. Bernard speaks of his fiancée, Muriel, whom Hélène has not met. The past is obscured by guilt, misperceptions, and missed possibilities. Appearances deceive, things change. As Hélène and Alphonse try to sort out a renewal, everyone seems off-kilter just enough to hint that all cannot end well.
Dir. Alain Resnais · With Delphine Seyrig, Jean-Pierre Kérien, Jean-Baptiste Thiérrée
Young, wild poet Arthur Rimbaud and his mentor Paul Verlaine engage in a fierce, forbidden romance while feeling the effects of a hellish artistic lifestyle.
Dir. Agnieszka Holland · With Leonardo DiCaprio, David Thewlis, Romane Bohringer
