In 1943, a German commando conceals a large quantity of gold in an undersea cave on the coast of Corsica. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
Bonnes à tuer AKA One Step to Eternity (1954) Henri Decoin, Danielle Darrieux, Michel Auclair, Corinne Calvet
Francois Roques, a power-and-money-mad editor of a Paris newspaper Read More »
Nuit d’or AKA Golden Night (1976) Serge Moati, Bernard Blier, Klaus Kinski, Marie Dubois
After his family tries to kill him and he has been pronounced dead, Michel returns from the dead and sets about getting revenge on his family members. Read More »
A Soldiers Daughter Never Cries (1998) James Ivory, Leelee Sobieski, Kris Kristofferson, Barbara Hershey
This fictionalized story, based on the family life of writer James Jones, is an emotionless slice-of-life story. Read More »
L’assassino AKA The Assassin (1961) Elio Petri, Marcello Mastroianni, Micheline Presle, Cristina Gaioni
The antiquarian Alfredo Martelli is brought to a police precinct without any explanation and interviewed by Inspector Palumbo. Read More »
Je vous trouve très beau AKA You Are So Beautiful (2005) Isabelle Mergault, Michel Blanc, Medeea Marinescu, Wladimir Yordanoff
When farmer Aymé Pigrenet loses his wife, he is not exactly overwhelmed by sorrow Read More »
Cours privé AKA Private Tuition (1986) Pierre Granier-Deferre, Elizabeth Bourgine, Michel Aumont, Xavier Deluc
Jeanne Kern is a history teacher in a private mixed class. Read More »
2019 – Dopo la caduta di New York AKA 2019: After the Fall of New York (1983) Sergio Martino, Michael Sopkiw, Valentine Monnier, George Eastman
After a nuclear war, society breaks down into two groups, the evil Euraks and the rebel Federation. Read More »
The Book of Life (1998) Hal Hartley, Martin Donovan, P.J. Harvey, Dave Simonds
The end of the millenium has taken on a certain significance in modern day prophecies. Read More »
Taxandria (1994) Raoul Servais, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Elliott Spiers, Katja Studt
A young prince is taken for tuition at a seaside hotel but there quickly bores and wanders off to visit a nearby lighthouse. Read More »
Hans le marin AKA Wicked City (1949) François Villiers, Maria Montez, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Lilli Palmer
When his freighter pulls into Marseille, Canadian seaman Eric Martin falls in love with Dolores Read More »
La belle Américaine AKA The American Beauty (1961) Robert Dhéry, Pierre Tchernia, Alfred Adam, Colette Brosset, Robert Burnier
Marcel, a simple-minded factory worker, is tricked into buying a high-priced American convertible Read More »
9 Mois Ferme AKA 9-Month Stretch (2013) Albert Dupontel, Sandrine Kiberlain, Nicolas Marié
Ariane Felder is pregnant. This is all the more surprising since this examining magistrate is an old-fashioned single person. Read More »
Entre onze heures et minuit AKA Between Eleven and Midnight (1949) Henri Decoin, Louis Jouvet, Madeleine Robinson, Léo Lapara
Between eleven o’clock and midnight one evening, a notorious trafficker Jérôme Vidauban is shot dead whilst walking in a subway in Paris. Read More »
Les louves AKA Demoniac (1957) Luis Saslavsky, François Périer, Micheline Presle, Jeanne Moreau
Gervais and his friend Bernard, two prisoners of war, manage to escape from the camp where they are held. Read More »