France on Film

Notes on Contributors vii Introduction 1(10) Lucy Mazdon Jean de Florette: patrimoine, the rural idyll and the 1980s 11(16) Maria Esposito Nikita as social fantasy 27(14) Alison Smith Les Visiteurs: a feelgood movie for uncertain times 41(10) Anne Jackel Hybridity, space and the right to belong: Maghrebi-French identity at the crossroads in Karim Dridi's Bye-Bye 51(14) Will Higbee Fluidity of gender and sexuality in Gazon maudit 65(16) Darren Waldron The representation of childhood in Sandrine Veysset's Y aura-t-il de la neige a Noel? 81(14) Lyn Thomas Space, place and community in Chacun cherche son chat 95(12) Lucy Mazdon Screening the past: representing resistance in Un Heros tres discret 107(12) Howard Seal Gender trouble in Ma Vie en rose 119(14) Lucille Cairns Marius et Jeannette: nostalgia and utopia 133(12) Phil Powrie Deforming femininity: Catherine Breillat's Romance 145(14) Emma Wilson Director Biographies 159(10) Bibliography 169(8) Index 177