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Tag Archives: France
Queen of Atlantis AKA L’Atlantide (1932) Georg Wilhelm Pabst, Brigitte Helm, Pierre Blanchar, Tela Tchaï
Antinea. the Queen of Atlantis, rules her secret kingdom hidden beneath the Sahara Desert. Read More »
Wild Innocence AKA Sauvage innocence (2001) Philippe Garrel, Mehdi Belhaj Kacem, Julia Faure, Michel Subor
A movie director does a new film against heroine consumption, and the producers are heroine dealers. Read More »
Celestine, Maid at Your Service AKA Célestine… bonne à tout faire (1974) Jesús Franco, Lina Romay, Howard Vernon, Olivier Mathot
At the beginning of the 20th century: A police raid broke into a clandestine brothel in which Célestine is a boarder. Read More »
Queen of the Tartars AKA La regina dei tartari (1960) Sergio Grieco, Chelo Alonso, Jacques Sernas, Mario Petri
An orphan (Chelo Alonso), raised by a foreign tribe, becomes a warrior queen Read More »
La donna del fiume AKA The River Girl (1954) Mario Soldati, Sophia Loren, Gérard Oury, Lise Bourdin
When peasant girl Nives is deserted by smuggler Gino Lodi, she betrays him to the police. Read More »
Singing the Blues in Red AKA Fatherland (1986) Ken Loach, Gerulf Pannach, Fabienne Babe, Sigfrit Steiner
Persona Non Grata in his homeland, protest singer Klaus Drittemann must leave East Berlin Read More »
Door on the Left as You Leave the Elevator AKA À gauche en sortant de l’ascenseur (1988) Édouard Molinaro, Pierre Richard, Richard Bohringer, Emmanuelle Béart
Yan is a successful artist. One day he is waiting for his date Florence to turn up at his apartment. Read More »
Good Work AKA Beau travail (1999) Claire Denis, Denis Lavant, Michel Subor, Grégoire Colin
Foreign Legion officer, Galoup, recalls his once glorious life, leading troops in the Gulf of Djibouti. Read More »
Le sang (1972) Jean-Daniel Pollet, François Bertin, Micheline Bovet, Eva Farkas
Le Sang re-enacts the utopia of the Living Theater, a theatrical company founded Read More »
The Idols AKA Les idoles (1968) Marc’o, Bulle Ogier, Pierre Clémenti, Jean-Pierre Kalfon
This satire concerns three French singing idols and their attempt to stay in the public eye. Read More »
Les princes (1983) Tony Gatlif, Gérard Darmon, Muse Dalbray, Céline Militon, Concha Tavora
The earlier “Les Princes” is a savage and angry work about a proud people trying Read More »
The New Girlfriend AKA Une nouvelle amie (2014) François Ozon, Romain Duris, Anaïs Demoustier, Raphaël Personnaz
Claire and Laura have been friends since primary school. Read More »
Red Lights AKA Feux rouges (2004) Cédric Kahn, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Carole Bouquet, Vincent Deniard
Antoine and Helene drive to South France to return their kids from a holiday camp. Read More »
The Nonentity AKA Le paltoquet (1986) Michel Deville, Fanny Ardant, Daniel Auteuil, Richard Bohringer
Miss Lotte has her residence in a big hangar near a port. Read More »