Pierre Brumeu, a twenty-year-old young man, leads a drab life in Paris with his father Read More »
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Portrait d’une jeune fille de la fin des années 60 à Bruxelles (1994) Chantal Akerman, Circé Lethem, Julien Rassam, Joëlle Marlier
The main character, Michele, spends the hour discussing her views of life with some old and new friends Read More »
Diary of a Country Priest (1951) Robert Bresson, Claude Laydu, Nicole Ladmiral, Jean Riveyre
In Ambricourt, an idealistic young Priest (Claude Laydu) arrives to be the local parish priest. Read More »
The Officers’ Ward (2001) François Dupeyron, Éric Caravaca, Denis Podalydès, Grégori Derangère
The first days of WWI. Adrien, a young and handsome lieutenant, is wounded by a piece of shrapnel. Read More »
The Black Angel (1994) Jean-Claude Brisseau, Sylvie Vartan, Michel Piccoli, Tchéky Karyo
A visitor comes to the home of Stephane, the wife of an important magistrate. Read More »
In Your Hands (2010) Lola Doillon, Kristin Scott Thomas, Pio Marmaï, Jean-Philippe Écoffey
An act of revenge takes an unexpected turn in this psychological drama from French writer and director Lola Doillon. Read More »
Lucky Star (1997) Ricardo Franco, Antonio Resines, Maribel Verdú, Jordi Mollà
Rafael witnesses Marina – a woman with a glass eye – being attacked on the street by Daniel Read More »
The Swimming Pool (1969) Jacques Deray, Alain Delon, Romy Schneider, Maurice Ronet
Lovers Marianne and Jean-Paul spend their vacation in a villa near St.-Tropez. Read More »
Franciscan of Bourges (1968) Claude Autant-Lara, Hardy Krüger, Béatrix Dussane, Jean-Pierre Dorat
Albert is a Franciscan monk and a medical orderly at a monastery in France. Read More »
The Voyage of Captain Fracassa (1990) Ettore Scola, Vincent Perez, Emmanuelle Béart, Massimo Troisi
In the Eighteenth Century, the “Traveling Company of Scenic Arts” composed of Tyrant Read More »
The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1988) Ermanno Olmi, Rutger Hauer, Anthony Quayle, Sandrine Dumas
An alcoholic homeless man is given two hundred francs by a stranger Read More »
Don Juan (1998) Jacques Weber, Michel Boujenah, Emmanuelle Béart
Spain in the mid-seventeenth century. A series of bloody wars has ravaged the nation. Read More »
The Profession of Arms (2001) Ermanno Olmi, Christo Jivkov, Sergio Grammatico, Dimitar Ratchkov
The history of the first victim of modern artillery and its moving agony, amidst conspiracies and betrayals of the powerful. Read More »
Hidden Diary (2009) Julie Lopes-Curval, Catherine Deneuve, Marina Hands, Marie-Josée Croze
Pregnant and living in Canada, Audrey visits her parents in the small French town of her birth. Read More »
Far from Vietnam (1967) Joris Ivens, William Klein, Anne Bellec, Karen Blanguernon, Bernard Fresson
In seven different segments, Godard, Klein, Lelouch, Marker, Resnais and Varda show their sympathy Read More »