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Conceived as a two-part TV series, this sprawling melodrama from French filmmakers Oliver Ducastel and Jacques Martineau (Cockles And Muscles) follows a group of Parisian student radicals from 1968 over the next four decades, as History with a capital H intrudes on their lives and those of their children.
The stage seems set for a Gallic version of the cracking The Best Of Youth, but Born In ’68 is blunted by a schematic screenplay and uninspired digital cinematography.
It doesn’t help that the lead character, hippie matriarch Catherine (supermodel Laetitia Casta), barely appears to age over 40 eventful years.
Amid Oscar buzz, Zoe Saldana opens up on her new perspective on Hollywood and why she's only really proud of Avatar and Emilia Pérez: "I think I just have to accept who I am as a creative person"
Memento star Guy Pearce says a Warner Bros. exec blocked him from more Christopher Nolan movies, including Batman Begins: "I think he just didn’t believe in me as an actor"
