Tag Archives: France
Free Men AKA Les hommes libres (2011) Ismaël Ferroukhi, Tahar Rahim, Michael Lonsdale, Mahmud Shalaby
Paris, occupied France, 1942. Younes, an uneducated Algerian immigrant, ekes out a very modest living on the black market. Read More »
Chantrapas (2010) Otar Iosseliani, Dato Tarielachvili, Tamuna Karumidze, Fanny Gonin
Nicolas is an artist, a filmmaker who merely wants to express himself and whom everyone wishes to reduce to silence. Read More »
Heli (2013) Amat Escalante, Armando Espitia, Andrea Vergara, Linda González
Heli, a factory worker in rural Mexico must try and protect his young family Read More »
Juliette, or Key of Dreams AKA Juliette ou La clef des songes (1951) Marcel Carné, Gérard Philipe, Suzanne Cloutier, Jean-Roger Caussimon
Michel has stolen from his employer, Mr Bellanger, for the love of Juliette. Read More »
Flammes (1978) Adolfo Arrieta, Caroline Loeb, Xavier Grandès, Dionys Mascolo
Since her childhood, Barbara dreams of the nocturnal visits by a mysterious firefighter. Read More »
Standing Tall AKA La tête haute (2015) Emmanuelle Bercot, Catherine Deneuve, Rod Paradot, Benoît Magimel
Malony has been in conflict with the school and with the law since he was six. Read More »
The Ordinary People AKA Rien de personnel (2009) Mathias Gokalp, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Denis Podalydès, Mélanie Doutey
A pharmaceutical company throws a gala party where all the employees from the top to the bottom are invited. Read More »
The Turn of Winter AKA Les ronds-points de l’hiver (2016) Louis Séguin, Laura Tuillier, Lola Créton, Stanislas Merhar, Serge Bozon
A young women lives in isolation in a big house in Joigny, a small town of the Yonne region. Read More »
White Lies AKA …Comme elle respire (1998) Pierre Salvadori, Marie Trintignant, Guillaume Depardieu, Jean-François Stévenin
Jeanne is a young weirdo girl who flies to Paris, and is hired by an old lady called Madeleine as an au pair. Read More »
César (1936) Marcel Pagnol, Raimu, Pierre Fresnay, Orane Demazis
Honoré Panisse is dying, cheerfully, with friends, wife, and son at his side. Read More »
Wherever You Are… (1988) Krzysztof Zanussi, Julian Sands, Renée Soutendijk, Maciej Robakiewicz
An Uruguayan diplomat brings his new wife with him on a business trip to Poland Read More »
Practice Makes Perfect AKA Le cavaleur (1979) Philippe de Broca, Jean Rochefort, Nicole Garcia, Jean-Claude Ventura
Pianist deemed Edouard Choiseur continues to run between sentimental and professional contingencies. Read More »
The Queen of the Night AKA La reina de la noche (1994) Arturo Ripstein, Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Alberto Estrella, Blanca Guerra
Fictional biography of Mexican folk singer Lucha Reyes. The film tells the story of her bisexual love affairs Read More »
The French Detective AKA Adieu poulet (1975) Pierre Granier-Deferre, Lino Ventura, Patrick Dewaere, Victor Lanoux
When political thugs murder an opponent’s volunteer and also kill a cop Read More »