A Marquise who lures motorists to her hotel by sabotaging their cars gets more than she bargains for when one guest turns out to be a bank robber on the run. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
Alila (2003) Amos Gitai, Yaël Abecassis, Hana Laszlo, Uri Klauzner
In Tel Aviv, the gloomy Ezra hires foreign workers without permits to build an addition to a homely block of flats Read More »
She Spent So Many Hours Under the Sun Lamps (1985) Philippe Garrel, Mireille Perrier, Jacques Bonnaffé, Anne Wiazemsky
A young film director is turning a movie with his friend Christa (reminds us of the real-life relationship between Garrel and Nico). 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 »
L’Atlantide (1921) Jacques Feyder, Jean Angelo, Stacia Napierkowska, Georges Melchior
Lost legionnaire André de Saint-Avit (Georges Melchoir) is rescued from the desert sands. Read More »
Cabaret Balkan (1998) Goran Paskaljevic, Mira Banjac, Ivan Bekjarev, Aleksandar Bercek
The film takes place in Belgrade in the mid nineties of the twentieth century Read More »
Slogan (1969) Pierre Grimblat, Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin, Andréa Parisy
In Venice, forty-old-year old Serge Fabergé has just been given the best advertisement director award. Read More »
Eat Your Bones (2014) Jean-Charles Hue, Frédéric Dorkel, Jason François, Michael Dauber
18 year old Jason Dorkel belongs to a community of gypsies. Read More »
The Living World (2003) Eugène Green, Christelle Prot, Alexis Loret, Adrien Michaux
An ogre keeps in his castle two children, whom he intends to eat. Read More »
À toi de faire… mignonne (1963) Bernard Borderie, Eddie Constantine, Gaia Germani, Christiane Minazzoli
An FBI agent is murdered just as she discovers some important documents concerning Professor Elmer Whittaker. Read More »
L’homme et l’enfant (1956) Raoul André, Eddie Constantine, Juliette Gréco, Folco Lulli
The “man” is Eddie Constantine; the “child” is Eddie’s adopted daughter. Read More »
The Return of the Tall Blond Man (1974) Yves Robert, Pierre Richard, Jean Carmet, Jean Rochefort
With ‘little captain’ Cambrai raising serious doubts about the reality of the so-called “super spy” Read More »
Happy New Year (1973) Claude Lelouch, Lino Ventura, Françoise Fabian, Charles Gérard
Released from prison apparently under a New Year amnesty, a criminal tries to pick up the threads of a life changed Read More »
Léolo (1992) Jean-Claude Lauzon, Maxime Collin, Ginette Reno, Gilbert Sicotte
Young Leo Lauzon is torn between two worlds – the squalid Montreal tenement that he inhabits with his severely dysfunctional Read More »
Corta (2012) Felipe Guerrero
The Corta project arises from my interest in the cane cutters who work in the southwestern region of Colombia. Read More »