One evening, after dinner in a restaurant with his girlfriend Carine, who works in a luxurious parfumerie Read More »
Tag Archives: France
Lover AKA Amoureuse (1992) Jacques Doillon, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Yvan Attal, Thomas Langmann
Marie and Antoine live together. They are in love. She wants to have a baby, but he does not agree. Read More »
Christine (1958) Pierre Gaspard-Huit, Romy Schneider, Alain Delon, Jean-Claude Brialy
Vienna, 1906. A passionate love story develops between Franz Lobheiner (Alain Delon) Read More »
White Shanks AKA Pattes blanches (1949) Jean Grémillon, Suzy Delair, Fernand Ledoux, Paul Bernard
An eccentric man (Paul Bernard) endangers himself when he makes advances Read More »
Cecile Is Dead AKA Cécile est morte! (1944) Maurice Tourneur, Albert Préjean, Santa Relli, Germaine Kerjean
Convinced that her life is in danger, Cécile goes to the police for help. Read More »
Deux Rémi, deux (2015) Pierre Léon, Serge Bozon, Pascal Cervo, Luna Picoli-Truffaut
Thirty years, a small job, Rémi is a bit lost in life. Read More »
L’idiot (2008) Pierre Léon, Jeanne Balibar, Laurent Lacotte, Sylvie Testud
Nastassia is a woman amongst four men. One is her protector another the Idiot, the one who loves her madly. Read More »
The Wages of Sin AKA Le salaire du péché (1956) Denys de La Patellière, Danielle Darrieux, Jean-Claude Pascal, Jeanne Moreau
Isabelle, the daughter of multimillionaire Frank Lindstrom, chooses to marry Read More »
The Novices AKA Les novices (1970) Guy Casaril, Claude Chabrol, Brigitte Bardot, Annie Girardot, Jean Carmet
Agnes is a nun who goes with her order to the beach for a swim in the ocean. Read More »
A Parisian Woman AKA Une parisienne (1957) Michel Boisrond, Charles Boyer, Henri Vidal, Brigitte Bardot
The President of France’s daughter falls for her father’s attaché and asks to be his mistress. Read More »
Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom AKA Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma (1975) Pier Paolo Pasolini, Paolo Bonacelli, Giorgio Cataldi, Umberto Paolo Quintavalle
Four fascist libertines round up 9 teenages boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of physical, mental and sexual torture. Read More »
Springtime in a Small Town AKA Xiao cheng zhi chun (2002) Zhuangzhuang Tian, Jingfan Hu, Jun Wu, Bai Qing Xin
Liyan and Yuwen live in post-war torpor, childless but with Liyan’s school-aged sister. Read More »
The Last of the Vikings AKA L’ultimo dei Vikinghi (1961) Giacomo Gentilomo, Cameron Mitchell, Edmund Purdom, Isabelle Corey
Harald and younger brother Guntar return to Norway after a 10-year voyage to find their father Read More »
I moschettieri del mare (1962) Massimo Patrizi, Steno, Pier Angeli, Channing Pollock, Aldo Ray
Three pirates escaped a shipwreck of a galleon and take possession along with some Read More »
Field Diary AKA Yoman Sadeh (1982) Amos Gitai
In 1982, Amos Gitai and a film crew travel around the occupied territories of the Gaza Strip Read More »