Noemie Merlant
Review Of Baby Ruby: Is The Most Chilling Post-Partum Film Ever
Baby Ruby Written and directed by Bess Wohl Rating: *** As a newly- turned mother, Noémie Merlant in Baby Ruby rips the screen apart with smothered screams of protest against the pain of postpartum depression. For decades, cinema all across the world has glorified motherhood as the ultimate nirvanic experience for womanhood. But what if your baby is a “crier”. What if she weeps non-stop, all day all night, like Ruby does? Wouldn’t you think she hates her mother? French actress Noémie Merlant shows us what it is like to be trapped in the incubator o | Click Here...
Review of French film Portrait of a Lady on Fire: A lesbian love story that smothers you in its anger
Starring Noemie Merlant, Adele Haenel Directed by Celine Sciamma Rating: ** ½ (two and a half stars) There are no male characters, not even in passing, in this Cannes-winning film about two 18th century women from separate social classes locked in a passionate relationship. Come to think of it, even the passion that the aristocratic Heloise (Adele Haenel) is supposed to share with Marianne (Noemie Merlant) is not visible on the screen. These two look like they need some help. I am sure this must have been a passionate drama on paper, the kind we saw Rachel We | Click Here...