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Tag Archives: France
In the Midst of Life AKA Au coeur de la vie (1963) Robert Enrico, Roger Jacquet, Anne Cornaly, Stéphane Fey
This Civil War anthology adapts three Ambrose Bierce stories Read More »
Gnade (2012) Matthias Glasner, Birgit Minichmayr, Jürgen Vogel, Henry Stange
A German couple with a teenage son struggling with their marriage has moved to Hammerfest Read More »
Love on a Pillow AKA Le repos du guerrier (1962) Roger Vadim, Brigitte Bardot, Robert Hossein, Jean-Marc Bory
When the Parisian bourgeois Geneviève Le Theil travels to Dijon to resolve outstanding Read More »
The Authentic Trial of Carl Emmanuel Jung AKA L’authentique procès de Carl-Emmanuel Jung (1967) Marcel Hanoun, Maurice Poullenot, Ellen Bernsen, Raymond Jourdan
“This trial is imaginary”, these are the first words of the narrator Read More »
And Now… Ladies and Gentlemen… (2002) Claude Lelouch, Jeremy Irons, Patricia Kaas, Thierry Lhermitte
Valentin is a criminal mastermind, but his exploits don’t prove much in the way of satisfaction. Read More »
Stop Train 349 AKA Verspätung in Marienborn (1963) Rolf Hädrich, José Ferrer, Sean Flynn, Nicole Courcel
At the height of the Cold War, an East German refugee slips aboard an American military Read More »
Mix-Up ou Meli-melo (1986) Françoise Romand
Two English girl babies are switched by mistake in a 1930s hospital Read More »
The Carabineers AKA Les Carabiniers (1963) Jean-Luc Godard, Patrice Moullet, Marino Masé, Geneviève Galéa
During a war, the poor and ignorant brothers Ulysses and Michel-Ange are lured Read More »
Augustine (2012) Alice Winocour, Vincent Lindon, Stéphan Wojtowicz, Soko
A look at the relationship between pioneering 19th century French neurologist Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot Read More »
In the Soup (1992) Alexandre Rockwell, Steve Buscemi, Seymour Cassel, Jennifer Beals
A neurotic nebbish lives in 2 worlds: the fantasy of winning his dream-girl via a hit movie Read More »
Qu’est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles? (1971) Jacques Poitrenaud, Michel Serrault, Francis Blanche, Jean Poiret
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 »