In Paris, the pedantic Alexandre lives with his mate Marie in her apartment, an open relationship. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
Madame Bovary (1934) Jean Renoir, Max Dearly, Valentine Tessier, Pierre Renoir
Soon after the death of his first wife (whose dowry was inadequate), Charles Bovary Read More »
Can Dialectics Break Bricks? AKA La dialectique peut-elle casser des briques? (1973) René Viénet, Chan Hung Liu, Ingrid Wu, Jason Pai Piao
Imagine a kung fu flick in which the martial artists spout Situationist aphorisms Read More »
Man About Town AKA Le silence est d’or (1947) René Clair, Maurice Chevalier, François Périer, Marcelle Derrien
1910 : A friend leaves his daughter, Madeleine, with Emile a French film producer. Emile falls in love with her. Read More »
Paris Asleep AKA Paris qui dort (1925) René Clair, Charles Martinelli, Louis Pré Fils, Albert Préjean
Early roots of sci-fi magic are given to us in the form of a scientist who invents Read More »
Double Murder AKA Doppio delitto (1977) Steno, Marcello Mastroianni, Agostina Belli, Ursula Andress
A police commissioner and a political activist join to investigate the suspicious death of a playboy Prince. Read More »
Women Do Cry (2021) Vesela Kazakova, Mina Mileva, Maria Bakalova, Bilyana Kazakova
A family full of women in a society where “gender” is not a familiar word. Read More »
My Queen Karo (2009) Dorothée Van Den Berghe, Anna Franziska Jaeger, Déborah François, Matthias Schoenaerts
Nine-year-old Karo grows up with her parents in an Amsterdam commune in the Seventies. Read More »
Fric-Frac (1939) Maurice Lehmann, Fernandel, Michel Simon, Arletty
Marcel works as assistant to a jeweller whose bossy daughter Renée keeps hitting on him. Read More »
Ramuntcho (1959) Pierre Schoendoerffer, François Guérin, Mijanou Bardot, Gaby Morlay
The Basque smuggler Ramuntcho is engaged to Gracieuse, whose mother Dolorès Read More »
Hélène (1936) Jean Benoît-Lévy, Madeleine Renaud, Jean-Louis Barrault, Constant Rémy
Helene Wilfur is a brilliant student at a medical school devoted to research Read More »
Nothing to Report AKA R.A.S. (1973) Yves Boisset, Jacques Spiesser, Jacques Villeret, Jacques Weber
Three French conscripts with diverse political motives, are sent to a disciplinary battalion Read More »
Les lumières du soir (1956) Robert Vernay, Gaby Morlay, Etchika Choureau, George Reich
The Secret Spring AKA Koenigsmark (1923) Léonce Perret, Karl Heyl, Huguette Duflos, Henry Houry
Grand Duchess Aurora if forced into an unhappy marriage with Grand Duke Rudolph. Read More »
July 14 AKA Quatorze Juillet (1933) René Clair, Annabella, George Rigaud, Raymond Cordy
Jean is a young cab driver. Anna, a flower-girl neighbour, is in love with him. Read More »