A flute of champagne. A chocolate or two. Candlelight. And Gabriel Byrne in Just A Sigh. What better way to celebrate Valentine’s Day?! heart Watch Available for streaming at Amazon Prime Video and also on DVD (with English and French subtitles). Read From my essay on Just A Sigh, The […]
Writer, blogger, and Gabriel Byrne fan Kristen Skeet shares her ideas about Just A Sigh with us here. Thank you, Kristen! BEWARE! There are spoilers lurking below and if you have not seen the film, you must be wary! As I told Kristen, I’ve seen Just A Sigh about 200 […]
Just a sigh indeed! Gabriel Byrne fans all over the world sighed deeply over this film. Finally, a romantic portrayal from our star! A romance, yes. But so much more. This delicate story, written by director Jérôme Bonnell, takes us, like its central character, Alix, on a whirlwind journey of […]
Updated November 22 Emmanuelle Devos was interviewed by Movies.ie at the posh Westbury Hotel in Dublin. Here is the bit about Mr. Byrne: Devos’ wasn’t the only tailor-made role in Just A Sigh. Having met Gabriel Byrne at a Scottish film event some years ago, Bonnell wrote the male lead […]
Le temps de l’aventure/Just A Sigh made quite a splash at film festivals here in the US in October! On October 18, the Chicago International Film Festival honored Jérôme Bonnell with the Silver Hugo for Best Director “for the sensitive manner with which the director revisits the tropes of the […]
chicago international film festival Just a Sigh screened at the festival on October 12 and 14. Director Jérôme Bonnell attended these two screenings. The festival’s description: Between performances of an Ibsen play in Calais, actress Alix (exquisitely played by Emmanuelle Devos) travels to Paris for an audition. On the train, […]