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Everything But the Girl, French film Pacifiction and TV drama The Diplomat reviewed

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The Bridge of Home Council

Pacifiction is a film which by Sarah's own account began with nothing more than its location and its central character. Bernie Hansen, you certainly get that sense from the film, and there is a lot more film here than there is plot to fill it. As the director of the Bridge of Home Council, you are battle-trained for art-house opacity. So how did you cope with this? British Council, not British Council. I am battle-trained to it. And what happens is that the film,. it is carried by its central character, Benoit Mejumel, who is extraordinary, pretty much in every frame. He virtually writes the script to do a big video

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