Annamaria, an ex-prostitute, takes her young daughter from convent school with her on a summer vacation. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
The Eight Mountains AKA Le otto montagne (2022) Felix van Groeningen, Charlotte Vandermeersch, Lupo Barbiero, Cristiano Sassella, Elena Lietti
An epic journey of friendship and self-discovery set in the breathtaking Italian Alps Read More »
The Octopus AKA La piovra (1984) Damiano Damiani, Remo Girone, Patricia Millardet, Michele Placido
Commissioner Corrado Cattani has been transferred from Rome and appointed Read More »
Ici et maintenant (1968) Serge Bard, Caroline de Bendern, Olivier Mosset
Maddening and mysterious,with the elements-ocean, wind, rocky terrain-dominating the scenes. Read More »
Portrait of the Artist AKA Le dos rouge (2014) Antoine Barraud, Bertrand Bonello, Jeanne Balibar, Géraldine Pailhas
A Chinese aphorism says that although the poet dreams he is a butterfly, it is perhaps instead Read More »
Alexandrie… New York (2004) Youssef Chahine, Mahmoud Hemida, Ahmed Yehia, Youssra
Yehia, an Egyptian director from Alexandria goes to New York Read More »
A Brutal Game AKA Un jeu brutal (1983) Jean-Claude Brisseau, Bruno Cremer, Emmanuelle Debever, María Luisa García
A strict father imposes impossible guidelines on his disabled daughter which reflect his secret, tortured life. Read More »
Pauline at the Beach AKA Pauline à la plage (1983) Eric Rohmer, Amanda Langlet, Arielle Dombasle, Pascal Greggory
Fifteen year old Pauline and her older cousin, model-shaped Marion, go to the emptying Atlantic Read More »
Too Beautiful for You AKA Trop belle pour toi (1989) Bertrand Blier, Gérard Depardieu, Josiane Balasko, Carole Bouquet
A car dealer, well-to-do and with a beautiful wife, finds himself attracted Read More »
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 »