The Complete Jacques Tati on Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection have outdone themselves with their magnificent, jam-packed seven-disk Blu-ray set of the work of the great French director Jacques […]
Review: Degustation maison (1977)
Director: Sophie Tatischeff
Cast: Dominique Lavanant, Gilberte Géniat,
Dominique Lavanant
Gilberte Géniat
Plot: Sophie Tatischeff's short film set in the small town of Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre, three decades after its use in her father's film 'Jour de Fête'. The conversation from a typical village bar is transplanted to a patisserie with particularly tempting tartlets: 'No reason for us not to have another' says one habitué; 'no more for me thanks,' says another. 'A shortbread at this time of day?' asks the woman behind the counter.
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