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Tag Archives: France
Happy hoboes AKA Due pezzi di pane (1979) Sergio Citti, Vittorio Gassman, Philippe Noiret, Gigi Proietti
Two minstrels singing for their supper in Rome discover they’ve both been lovers to the same woman Read More »
Poil de carotte (1973) Henri Graziani, Philippe Noiret, Monique Chaumette, Isabelle Ceaux
In rural France, an undernourished and unloved young boy attempts suicide. Based on the classic by Jules Renard. Read More »
Birgit Haas Must Be Killed AKA Il faut tuer Birgitt Haas (1981) Laurent Heynemann, Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Lisa Kreuzer
“Hangar” is a new agency whose purpose is to carry out missions even too sensitive for the police or intelligence services. Read More »
Barracuda (1997) Philippe Haïm, Jean Rochefort, Guillaume Canet, Claire Keim
A mad but cunning old man imprisons a young man in his apartment to be his friend. Read More »
White Fang AKA Zanna Bianca (1973) Lucio Fulci, Franco Nero, Virna Lisi, Fernando Rey
Set in 1896 in the Klondike region of Yukon, Canada follows the adventures of White Fang Read More »
Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case AKA Maigret et l’affaire Saint-Fiacre (1959) Jean Delannoy, Jean Gabin, Michel Auclair, Valentine Tessier
Inspector Maigret is traveling to the French countryside to visit his friend, the duchess of Saint-Fiacre. Read More »
A Decent Man AKA Je ne suis pas un salaud (2015) Emmanuel Finkiel, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Mélanie Thierry, Driss Ramdi
Having just been injured in a mugging, Eddy earned the sympathy and attention of his estranged family and gotten back on his feet. Read More »
The Year 01 AKA L’an 01 (1973) Jacques Doillon, Alain Resnais, Véronique Alain, Josiane Balasko, Romain Bouteille
The film narrates a utopian abandonment, consensual and festive of the market economy and high productivity. Read More »
Family Life AKA La vie de famille (1985) Jacques Doillon, Sami Frey, Mara Goyet, Juliet Berto
This is an affecting story about a father’s attempts to mend the breaches Read More »
A Child of Yours AKA Un enfant de toi (2012) Jacques Doillon, Lou Doillon, Samuel Benchetrit, Malik Zidi
At the ripe old age of 7, Lina’s started wondering about her well-loved but firmly separated parents. Read More »
Faces of Love AKA Repérages (1977) Michel Soutter, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Delphine Seyrig, Lea Massari
The director Victor decides to bring Chekhov’s play ‘The Three Sisters’ to the screen. Read More »
Male of the Century AKA Le mâle du siècle (1975) Claude Berri, Juliet Berto, Yves Afonso
A woman is taken hostage during the attack on a bank. Read More »
Black Sabbath AKA I tre volti della paura (1963) Mario Bava, Michèle Mercier, Lidia Alfonsi, Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff hosts a trio of horror stories concerning a stalked call girl Read More »
Qu’est-ce qu’on attend pour être heureux! (1982) Coline Serreau, Annick Alane, Bernard Alane, Michel Berto
In this film that sends up the foibles of filmmaking, a standard crew of actors Read More »