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...Simon-Joseph Pellegrin’s libretto, based on Racine’s Phèdre, is confusing enough, centring as it does on the queen’s illicit attraction to her stepson Hippolyte, who in turn loves Aricie, who is bound to...
...Green, Brooklyn-born but living in Paris, used to run a Racine-devoted theatre company before turning his hand to cinema....
...There is no cult of footballers, rappers or rock stars in the life of Vincent, the teenage hero of Eugène Green’s new film The Son of Joseph....
...Later he acquired an art education, and was influenced by Joseph Beuys, whom he believes he appreciated more “because I had studied law”....
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