The story involves a young American who falls obsessively in love with a mysterious courtesan named Melania against the backdrop of a dilapidated Eastern European landscape. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
Peppermint Soda (1977) Diane Kurys, Eléonore Klarwein, Odile Michel, Anouk Ferjac
In the fall of 1963, Anne is becoming a teenager. She lives in Paris with her mother and her older sister, Frédérique. Read More »
11 Flowers (2011) Xiaoshuai Wang, Jingchun Wang, Wenqing Liu, Guo Liuxing Zhong
11-year-old Wang lives with his family in a remote village in China. Life is tough, but they make the most of what little they have. Read More »
Triple agent (2004) Eric Rohmer, Katerina Didaskalou, Serge Renko, Cyrielle Clair
France, 1936-37. The Popular Front wins elections, the Spanish Civil War begins, and Hitler and Stalin are manipulating and spying. Read More »
Broken Flowers (2005) Jim Jarmusch, Bill Murray, Jessica Lange, Sharon Stone
The resolutely single Don Johnston has just been dumped by his latest lover, Sherry. Don resigns himself to being alone yet again and left to his own devices. Read More »
A Game for Six Lovers (1960) Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Bernadette Lafont, Françoise Brion, Alexandra Stewart
Miléna is living in her grandmother’s baroque château when the rich lady dies. Read More »
Deadly Circuit (1983) Claude Miller, Michel Serrault, Isabelle Adjani, Guy Marchand
Beauvoir, lonely, aging private detective, is put on the bloody track of beautiful Catherine Leiris who kills and robs her rich husband(s) on their wedding night. Read More »
The Death Eye of Ceylon (1963) Gerd Oswald, Giovanni Roccardi, Lex Barker, Ann Smyrner, Magali Noël
Professor Ferlach and his daughter Helga undertake an expedition to Ceylon to look for a statue of Buddha with a priceless ruby set on its forehead. Read More »
Docs Kingdom (1988) Robert Kramer, Paul McIsaac, Vincent Gallo, Ruy Furtado
Doc lives on the edge of Europe where it imperceptibly slides over into the Third World. Read More »
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne (1981) Walerian Borowczyk, Udo Kier, Marina Pierro, Patrick Magee
The film takes place before, during and immediately after the engagement party of Dr.Henry Jekyll and Miss Fanny Osborne Read More »
Chloé (1996) Dennis Berry, Anna Karina, Marion Cotillard, Jean-Claude Adelin
After a violent dispute with her mother, sixteen-years old Chloé ends up in the streets with nowhere to go. Read More »
Dirty Weekend (1973) Dino Risi, Marcello Mastroianni, Oliver Reed, Carole André
A man and his mistress have just taken off for a weekend romp when they’re kidnapped by a trio of bank robbers. Read More »
Daïnah la métisse (1932) Jean Grémillon, Charles Vanel, Habib Benglia, Gaston Dubosc
Shades of Othello loom in this engrossing exploration of class, race, and murder set on an ocean liner. Read More »
Down the Ancient Stairs (1975) Mauro Bolognini, Marcello Mastroianni, Françoise Fabian, Marthe Keller
A mental hospital somewhere in Tuscany during the thirties. Far away from fascism, this closed world is rules over by Dr. Bonaccorsi Read More »
Swords of Blood (1962) Philippe de Broca, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Claudia Cardinale, Jess Hahn
In the 18th century, Louis de Bourguignon is working with the Malichot’s gang, but their ways are too ‘unethical’ for him. Read More »