Set during the May 1968 revolution in Paris, Lionel Baier's "The Safe House" is a comic family portrait filled with ideas that never fully cohere. The film is based on Christophe Boltanski's Prix ...

By Jordan Mintzer The tumultuous events of May 1968 have never seemed more upbeat and sentimental than they do in The Safe House (La Cache), a retro family dramedy set in one labyrinthine Parisian ...

Offering the poignant final performance of French legend Michel Blanc (and little more), Lionel Baier’s adaptation of Christophe Boltanski’s novel narrates more than it depicts. Set during the ...

Set during the May 1968 revolution in Paris, Lionel Baier’s “The Safe House” is a comic family portrait filled with ideas that never fully cohere. The film is based on Christophe Boltanski ...