Jacques Natanson
1) La ronde
Series
Criterion collection volume 443
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
Français
Description
La Ronde translates as 'the round' which can refer to the policeman's beat, a circle of dancers, or a carousel, all of which this circular collection of interconnected short stories resembles. Each scene is built around a specific pair, and when one member of the pair breaks away from his or her lover, he or she then moves on to the next, introducing the partner that will lead on to the next pair, and so on until we are back where we started. Many...
2) Lola Montès
Series
Criterion collection volume 503
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
Français
Description
The life of a young woman who was a showgirl, had affairs with kings, became a courtesan, and traveled the world trying to fit in. Charts the course of Montès's scandalous past through the invocations of the bombastic ringmaster of the American circus where she has ended up performing.
3) Lola Montès
Series
Criterion collection volume 503
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
©2009
Language
Français
Description
A young showgirl has affairs with kings while she travels the world and tries to fit in with society.