Tag: Divines

  • ‘Gagarine’ Filmmakers Bring Humanity to Depiction of Life in Banlieue

    ‘Gagarine’ Filmmakers Bring Humanity to Depiction of Life in Banlieue

    It’s been 25 years since “La Haine” made the banlieue a staple of French cinema. On the back of Mathieu Kassovitz’s cinematic Molotov cocktail, movies such as “Girlhood,” “Divines,” “Cuties” and “Les Miserables” have made the concrete jungles on the outskirts of Paris a haven for cineastes. But none of them are quite like Fanny…