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Tag Archives: France
Fortunella (1958) Eduardo De Filippo, Giulietta Masina, Alberto Sordi, Paul Douglas
Nanda Diotallevi, called Fortunella, is a poor girl living in the second-hand dealers district, and is the lover of one of these, Peppino. Read More »
The Beautiful Story (1992) Claude Lelouch, Gérard Lanvin, Béatrice Dalle, Vincent Lindon
Jesus is a French gypsy who might have become a bull fighter had he not been framed on a drug charge and sent to prison. Read More »
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962) Terence Fisher, Christopher Lee, Hans Söhnker, Hans Nielsen
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson try to solve the case of the stealing of Cleopatra’s necklace, found by archaeologists in Egypt. Read More »
Seven Nights in Japan (1976) Lewis Gilbert, Michael York, Hidemi Aoki, Charles Gray
The fictional British royal Prince George travels to Japan and falls in love with a local female tour guide named Sumi. Read More »
La soldatessa alla visita militare (1977) Nando Cicero, Edwige Fenech, Renzo Montagnani, Fiorenzo Fiorentini
Army Doctor Eva Marini wants to join a regiment to secure equal rights for women. Read More »
Louise Michel (2009) Sólveig Anspach, Sylvie Testud, Nathalie Boutefeu, Alexandre Steiger
A fiercely active Communard, Louise Michel is condemned for taking arms against Bismarck. Read More »
The Fall of the House of Usher (1928) Jean Epstein, Jean Debucourt, Marguerite Gance, Charles Lamy
Allan has a hard time finding the Usher’s house, which is known to be cursed… Read More »
Les misérables (1982) Robert Hossein, Lino Ventura, Jean Carmet, Michel Bouquet
The story of Jean Valjean, a Frenchman convicted of minor crimes, who is hounded for years by an unforgiving and unrelenting police inspector, Javert. Read More »
Regain (1937) Marcel Pagnol, Gabriel Gabrio, Orane Demazis, Fernandel
One by one, the inhabitants of a provincial French village depart, until only the poacher Panturle remains. Read More »
We’re All Still Here (1997) Anne-Marie Miéville, Aurore Clément, Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Luc Godard
Two housewives discuss philosophical themes (actually an updated dialogue of Plato and Socrates) while doing the house work Read More »
White Material (2009) Claire Denis, Isabelle Huppert, Christopher Lambert, Isaach De Bankolé
Denis revisits Africa, this time exploring a place rife with civil and racial conflict. Read More »
Hell (1994) Claude Chabrol, Emmanuelle Béart, François Cluzet, Nathalie Cardone
Paul, an irritable and stressed-out hotel manager, begins to gradually develop paranoid delusions about his wife’s infidelity. Read More »
The Student (1988) Claude Pinoteau, Sophie Marceau, Vincent Lindon, Élisabeth Vitali
Three months before her final examinations, the ambitious teachership student Valentine concentrates herself completely on learning. Read More »
The Beaches of Orouet (1971) Jacques Rozier, Caroline Cartier, Danièle Croisy, Françoise Guégan
A patient observation on the adventures a group of three young girls spending their three-week summer vacation at a small village Read More »