La femme de l'aviateur (1981)

 

A young student is devastated when he finds that his girlfriend is cheating on him. In order to find out why she did it, he decides to spy on her and her lover.

From memory: This Eric Rohmer drama about love and relationships is simply made (on 16mm) and is mainly centered on the conversations and stories that the protagonists tell each other than on a full narrative.

Halliwell*: "Meticulously arranged conversations in this director's best style, but this time not seeming to amount to very much."

Maltin***1/2: "Melancholy but charming story...Lovers of MAUD, CLAIRE, and CHLOE will be happy to find Rohmer in near-peak form after long layoff."

Egon Schiele - Exzesse (1980)

 

 

The life of cursed painter Egon Shiele, specialized in nudes, and on his late conflicting love for two women. 

 

From memory: Opulent and somewhat sleazy biopic of the artist most certainly fails to portray him and his period accurately.

 

Halliwell (no star): "Uninvolving biopic of the Austrian Expressionist Egon Schiele (1890-1918), which gives the impression that he never painted anything other than naked women."