Tanguy Viel
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English
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"This atmospheric noir novel retraces the steps that led to a murder off the coast of Brittany, probing the relationship between law and justice. In a depressed town on France's northern coast, a man named Martial Kermeur has been arrested for the murder of real estate developer Antoine Lazenec after throwing him overboard. Called before a judge, Kermeur goes back to the beginning to explain what brought him to this desperate point: his divorce, his...
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English
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In The Disappearance of Jim Sullivan, disappearance is both a theme and a stylistic device. Indeed, this publication narrates the disappearance of Dwayne Koster, who, fascinated by the story of Jim Sullivan, commits suicide in the New Mexico desert, which was the setting of the rocker's disappearance in 1975. But, this novel is for the most part set in the metanarrative tale of its own genesis, and, as a result, is partially eclipsed: its -fictitious-...
3) París-Brest
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Series
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Español
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Brest tiene fama de ser la ciudad más fea de Francia; una ciudad de la que uno sueña con huir para instalarse, por ejemplo, en París. Tal como hace Louis, quien, tras cometer un delito, escapa de Brest con cien mil francos en la maleta y vuelve, varios años después, con un manuscrito bajo el brazo: una "novela familiar" de ciento setenta y cinco páginas. En ellas decide ajustar cuentas con el mundo: con su padre, exiliado tras un escándalo...
Author
Publisher
Les Éditions de Minuit
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Français
Description
"Pour avoir jeté à la mer le promoteur immobilier Antoine Lazenec, Martial Kermeur vient d'être arrêté par la police. Au juge devant lequel il a été déféré, il retrace le cours des événements qui l'ont mené là : son divorce, la garde de son fils Erwan, son licenciement et puis surtout, les miroitants projets de Lazenec. Il faut dire que la tentation est grande d'investir toute sa prime de licenciement dans un bel appartement avec vue...
Author
Publisher
Les Éditions de Minuit
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Français
Description
Quand il n'est pas sur un ring à boxer, Max Le Corre est chauffeur pour le maire de la ville. Il est surtout le père de Laura qui, du haut de ses vingt ans, a décidé de revenir vivre avec lui. Alors Max se dit que ce serait une bonne idée si le maire pouvait l'aider à trouver un logement.
Publisher
Janus Films
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Français
Description
Part crime thriller, part romantic comedy, Louis Garrel's The Innocent shows the dangerous and outlandish lengths two men go to for the women they love. Garrel stars as Abel, an aquarium educator whose mother, Sylvie, marries one of her drama pupils in the local penitentiary, Michel. Once on parole, Michel attempts to start a legitimate life but soon reverts to his old ways, eventually roping Abel into one of his schemes. Complicating matters is Clemence,...
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Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Français
Description
Part crime thriller, part romantic comedy, Louis Garrel's The Innocent shows the dangerous and outlandish lengths two men go to for the women they love. Garrel stars as Abel, an aquarium educator whose mother, Sylvie, marries one of her drama pupils in the local penitentiary, Michel. Once on parole, Michel attempts to start a legitimate life but soon reverts to his old ways, eventually roping Abel into one of his schemes. Complicating matters is Clémence,...
