As the winter nights draw in, and you dream of warmer climes then you can awake your spirits with some Provence based films. Here are a selection .....The fabulous landscapes and remarkable characters of Provence have inspired some great movies - and so if you can't make it there this year, what better than to snuggle down and dream of the South with a classic DVD? Here are the ten films that have best captured all the very varied essences of Provence. Some are iconic. Some are sneaky pleasures.Swimming Pool (2003)
And God... Created Woman (1956)
Jean de Florette & Manon des Sources (1986)
The Horseman on the Roof (1995)
Let's Talk about the Rain (2007)
Marius, Fanny, César (1931-1936)
An Autumn Tale (1998)
Marius and Jeannette (1997)
Toni (1935)
Taxi (1998)
For decades Marseille and gangsters have fitted together as snugly as a gun in a holster, at least since Borsalino (1970), a period caper starring Alain Delon and Jean-Paul Belmondo, both ultra-cool in pin-stripes and fedoras, and Gene Hackman, strung out on heroin in French Connection II (1975) - see below. The hit Taxi series puts a high-octane, exuberantly comic spin on this tired old genre material, with abundant car and motorbike chases, torrential bullets, spectacular crashes and generous body count, both vehicular and human. A pizza delivery boy who fancies himself as a star driver joins forces with a failed cop in pursuit of German bank robbers. The brainchild of the French super-producer/director Luc Besson, it's one to file under guilty pleasures. More details: Provence: The Ten Best FilmsVideo: Glimpses of Provence
And God... Created Woman (1956)
Jean de Florette & Manon des Sources (1986)
The Horseman on the Roof (1995)
Let's Talk about the Rain (2007)
Marius, Fanny, César (1931-1936)
An Autumn Tale (1998)
Marius and Jeannette (1997)
Toni (1935)
Taxi (1998)
For decades Marseille and gangsters have fitted together as snugly as a gun in a holster, at least since Borsalino (1970), a period caper starring Alain Delon and Jean-Paul Belmondo, both ultra-cool in pin-stripes and fedoras, and Gene Hackman, strung out on heroin in French Connection II (1975) - see below. The hit Taxi series puts a high-octane, exuberantly comic spin on this tired old genre material, with abundant car and motorbike chases, torrential bullets, spectacular crashes and generous body count, both vehicular and human. A pizza delivery boy who fancies himself as a star driver joins forces with a failed cop in pursuit of German bank robbers. The brainchild of the French super-producer/director Luc Besson, it's one to file under guilty pleasures. More details: Provence: The Ten Best FilmsVideo: Glimpses of Provence
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