Movies
Patrice Leconte’s actors -- Johnny Hallyday and Jean Rochefort -- are fine company, and his filmmaking shows flair. For some, perhaps that’s journey enough.
May 9, 2003
The idea for the film came to the ‘Belle Epoque’ filmmaker in the 1990s. He waited to make it until he was older.
Aug. 1, 2013
Fernando Trueba let ‘Artist and the Model’ ripen with age, as he has
Director Fernando Trueba explores artistic appreciation and sexual allure in ‘The Artist and the Model.’
July 31, 2013
In Patrice Leconte’s “The Hairdresser’s Husband” (Edwards South Coast Plaza Village in Santa Ana, Goldwyn Pavilion in West Los Angeles, Fine Arts in Beverly Hills), a little French hairstyling shop becomes a citadel of bliss, and its shampoos, oils, clippers and combs turn into the accouterments of desire.
July 10, 1992
In Patrice Leconte’s “The Hairdresser’s Husband” (Goldwyn Pavilion, Fine Arts), a little French hair-styling shop becomes a citadel of bliss, and its shampoos, oils, clippers and combs turn into the accouterments of desire.
The Hairdresser’s Husband (Cinemax Thursday at 5:35 a.m.), French director Patrice Leconte’s cracked 1992 fairy tale, offers a middle-age man (Jean Rochefort) fulfilling a fantasy by marrying a shy, lovely hairdresser (Anna Galiena).
Sept. 25, 1994
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July 3, 2008
Books
An American in Paris discovers some quirks about her adopted land--the art of the insult, the argument and flirting, for instance. In her new book, Harriet Welty Rochefort shares her insights into . . .
Jan. 2, 1998
Travel & Experiences
Out to generate tourism and profit from historical ties to U.S., Rochefort is re-creating ship that carried Lafayette to America.
Feb. 15, 1999