In the seacoast town of Boulogne, Hélène sells antique furniture, living with her step-son, Bernard, who’s back from military duty in Algiers. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
Le livre de Marie / The Book of Mary (1985) Anne-Marie Miéville, Bruno Cremer, Aurore Clément, Rebecca Hampton, Short, Drama
Marie, eleven years old, is experiencing difficult times. His parents will separate. The perception of his universe is profoundly disturbed. Read More »
Il magnifico cornuto / The Magnificent Cuckold (1964) Antonio Pietrangeli, Claudia Cardinale, Ugo Tognazzi, Bernard Blier, Comedy
A soap opera type of story about a successful businessman who has a beautiful, popular wife but still falls into an extramarital affair with a woman who is also married. Read More »
About Elly / Darbareye Elly (2009) Asghar Farhadi, Golshifteh Farahani, Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Writer/director Asghar Farhadi offers this revealing look at the Iranian middle class by examining how one simple lie can open up a Pandora’s box of problems. Read More »
Après la réconciliation / After the Reconciliation (2000) Claude Perron, Anne-Marie Miéville, Jacques Spiesser, Drama
Two women and two men meet, converse with one another and ask questions, even about the use of words, but especially about fundamental matters concerning happiness and love. Read More »
Winnetou – 2. Teil (1964) Harald Reinl, Lex Barker, Pierre Brice, Anthony Steel, Western, Adventure
When white settlers encroach on Indian lands, the Assiniboins declare war on the settlers. Apache chief Winnetou vows to help keep the peace between whites and natives. Read More »
Old Shatterhand (1964) Hugo Fregonese, Lex Barker, Pierre Brice, Daliah Lavi, Western, Adventure
A peace treaty between the United States government and the Apaches is about to be signed in Washington. Read More »
L’armata Brancaleone / For Love and Gold (1966) Mario Monicelli, Vittorio Gassman, Catherine Spaak, Folco Lulli, Adventure, Comedy, History
A group of rogues steal a scroll granting its bearer the property of the land of Aurocastro in Apulia (south of Italy). Read More »
Le plaisir (1952) Max Ophüls, Jean Gabin, Danielle Darrieux, Simone Simon, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Three stories about the pleasure. The first one is about a man hiding his age behind a mask to keep going to balls and fancying women – pleasure and youth. Read More »
La beauté du diable / Beauty and the Devil (1950) René Clair, Michel Simon, Gérard Philipe, Nicole Besnard, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Professor Henri Faust, retiring after 50 years as an alchemist in a circa-1700 university, despairs at still knowing nothing of the true secrets of nature Read More »
I Sent a Letter to My Love / Chère inconnue (1980) Moshé Mizrahi, Simone Signoret, Jean Rochefort, Delphine Seyrig, Drama
A middle-aged disabled man unknowingly begins a lonely hearts correspondence with his own unmarried sister, who takes care of him. Read More »
Routine Pleasures (1986) Patrick Amos, Jean-Pierre Gorin, Documentary
What do a club devoted to model trains and the legendary film critic and painter Manny Farber have in common? These two story lines intersect in an attempt to recreate the past. Read More »
Fabiola (1949) Alessandro Blasetti, Michèle Morgan, Henri Vidal, Michel Simon, Drama, History
In ancient Rome a love story blossoms between Fabiola, daughter of a senator, and Rhual, a gallic gladiator. When Fabiola’s father is killed, the Romans blame the Christians and the persecution begins. Rhual confesses to be a christian and is accused of the murder and sentenced to fight to death in the arena.
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Ananas (1984) Amos Gitai, Documentary
One day, when I opened my refrigerator, I looked closely at a can of pineapple. It had been “made in the Philippines,” “packaged in Honolulu,” “distributed in San Francisco” and the label “printed in Japan”. Read More »
Point de fuite / Vanishing Point (1984) Raoul Ruiz, Steve Baës, Rebecca Pauly, Paulo Branco, Drama
A character escapes from the police and after all the money played to draw covers crime novels.
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