the vibe
Patrick Lizana’s Typical Vibe
2 films — brisk, dark, gentle, clear, playful
pacing
Highest-ranked title
Highest-ranked title
Patrick Lizana has 2 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2010s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy.
A second-class horror movie has to be shown at Cannes Film Festival, but, before each screening, the projectionist is killed by a mysterious fellow, with hammer and sickle, just as it happens in the film to be shown.
Dir. Alain Berbérian · With Chantal Lauby, Alain Chabat, Dominique Farrugia
In the last days of the Nazi-occupied France, writer Marguerite Duras awaits the return of her husband, Robert Antelme, arrested for being a Resistance fighter and then deported, while she maintains a tense relationship with her ambiguous lover and a dangerous game with a French collaborationist. Even when the Liberation arrives, she must still endure the unbearable pain of waiting.
Dir. Emmanuel Finkiel · With Mélanie Thierry, Benoît Magimel, Benjamin Biolay
