Set during the May 1968 revolution in Paris, Lionel Baier's "The Safe House" is a comic family portrait filled with ideas that never fully cohere. The film is based on Christophe Boltanski's Prix ...

giving new meaning to the film’s title. More convincing is the other definition The Safe House acquires once we start digging into the past of the grandfather, a Jew who was living in Paris when ...

It’s a real anachronistic element in “The Safe House.” For example, the air of Paris is too transparent in 2024. You can’t see it. And the walls are too white. The film’s jazz soundtrack ...

Offering the poignant final performance of French legend Michel Blanc (and little more), Lionel Baier’s adaptation of Christophe Boltanski’s novel narrates more than it depicts. Set during the ...

Such viewers may also appreciate the unexpected twist the story takes when De Gaulle himself suddenly appears, giving new meaning to the film's title. More convincing is the other definition The Safe ...

Set during the May 1968 revolution in Paris, Lionel Baier’s “The Safe House” is a comic family portrait filled with ideas that never fully cohere. The film is based on Christophe Boltanski ...