Yan is a successful artist. One day he is waiting for his date Florence to turn up at his apartment. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
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 »
Signed, Arsene Lupin AKA Signé: Arsène Lupin (1959) Yves Robert, Robert Lamoureux, Alida Valli, Jacques Dufilho
Arsène Lupin and his accomplice La Ballu rob a villa. Being disturbed by the police Read More »
Pigs Across Paris AKA La traversée de Paris (1956) Claude Autant-Lara, Jean Gabin, Bourvil, Louis de Funès
Two men, a painter and a poor guy, have to cross over Paris by night during World War II Read More »
Grand Hotel AKA Menschen im Hotel (1959) Gottfried Reinhardt, O.W. Fischer, Michèle Morgan, Heinz Rühmann
People staying at or working in a luxurious hotel undergo a variety of crises in their personal lives. Read More »
God Only Knows AKA Dieu sait quoi (1994) Jean-Daniel Pollet, Michael Lonsdale
Jean-Daniel Pollet film humble objects, pots, rollers, the interior of a house in midday with Read More »
Anatomy of a Relationship AKA Anatomie d’un rapport (1976) Luc Moullet, Christine Hébert, Antonietta Pizzorno
A woman’s feminist awakening drives an intellectual couple to a relationship crisis. Read More »
Marie-Martine (1943) Albert Valentin, Renée Saint-Cyr, Jules Berry, Saturnin Fabre
Novelist Loic Limousin, passing through a little provincial town, meets again Marie-Martine, his book’s heroine. Read More »
Secret Meeting AKA Marie-Octobre (1959) Julien Duvivier, Danielle Darrieux, Bernard Blier, Robert Dalban
A group of ex-resistance fighters are brought together by Marie-Octobre, the code name of Marie-Helene Dumoulin (Danielle Darrieux). Read More »