Patrice Leconte

Lisa Downing''s comprehensive study of the films of Patrice Leconte traces lines of continuity and revision through a body of apparently disparate films whose "messages" often appear both contradictory and controversial. Pursuing a close reading of the recurrent themes, styles, intertexts and techniques which structure Leconte''s filmmaking, Downing re-evaluates Leconte''s status as an enigmatic a...