In the middle of the night, someone brings Ivan’s body home to his wife and his sad-faced, jug-eared son. Read More »
Tag Archives: André Téchiné
Strayed AKA Les égarés (2003) André Téchiné, Emmanuelle Béart, Gaspard Ulliel, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet
June 1940. German troops are advancing on Paris. Odile, a widowed teacher, succumbs Read More »
Hotel America AKA Hôtel des Amériques (1981) André Téchiné, Catherine Deneuve, Patrick Dewaere, Etienne Chicot
Hélène, a distracted pill-popping anesthetist, almost runs down Gilles Read More »
French Provincial AKA Souvenirs d’en France (1975) André Téchiné, Jeanne Moreau, Michel Auclair, Marie-France Pisier
In the 1930s, we follow the story of the laundress Berthe who marries the eldest son of a bourgeois family. Read More »
The Girl on the Train AKA La fille du RER (2009) André Téchiné, Émilie Dequenne, Catherine Deneuve, Michel Blanc
Jeanne is a young woman, striking but otherwise without qualities. Read More »
Unforgivable AKA Impardonnables (2011) André Téchiné, André Dussollier, Carole Bouquet, Mélanie Thierry
A crime writer living in Venice while working on his new novel meets and soon marries his real-estate agent. Read More »
The Bronte Sisters AKA Les soeurs Brontë (1979) André Téchiné, Isabelle Adjani, Marie-France Pisier, Isabelle Huppert
In a small presbytery in Yorkshire, living under the watchful eyes of their aunt and father, a strict Anglican pastor Read More »
Far (2001) André Téchiné, Stéphane Rideau, Lubna Azabal, Mohamed Hamaidi
Serge is a long distance lorry driver between Morocco and Europe. In Tangier, he tries to reconcile with his former girlfriend, Sarah. Read More »
Nos années folles (2017) André Téchiné, Pierre Deladonchamps, Céline Sallette, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet
The true story of Paul who, after two years at the front, is mutilated and deserted. Read More »
The Wild Reeds (1994) André Téchiné, Élodie Bouchez, Gaël Morel, Stéphane Rideau, Drama
In a village in the Southwest of France, 1962. Maite and Francois are 18 years old. Read More »
My Favorite Season (1993) André Téchiné, Catherine Deneuve, Daniel Auteuil, Marthe Villalonga, Drama, Romance
Too old to reside, Berthe goes with her daughter, Emile, who’s married with grown-up kids of her own. Read More »
Les Témoins / The Witnesses (2007) André Téchiné, Michel Blanc, Emmanuelle Béart, Sami Bouajila, Drama, Romance
June 1984 to June 1985, from happy days to war to summer’s return. A middle-aged doctor in Paris, Adrien, meets Manu, a young gay man from the provinces who lives with his sister, an opera singer. Read More »
Les innocents (1987) André Téchiné, Sandrine Bonnaire, Jean-Claude Brialy, Simon de La Brosse, Drama
The lines between love, sex, and politics become hopelessly blurred in this French drama. Read More »
Le Lieu du crime / Scene of the Crime (1986) André Téchiné, Nicolas Giraudi, Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Crime, Drama, Romance
In the woods, a 13-year-old boy is grabbed by an escaped convict and told to bring money later that day. Read More »
Les temps qui changent / Changing Times (2004) André Téchiné, Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Gilbert Melki, Drama, Romance
Connections and personality: France and Morocco, sisters, mothers and sons, husbands and lovers. Antoine arranges a job in Tangiers so he can reconnect to Cécile, his first love, unseen for 30 years.
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