Historical drama based on a true case of miscarriage of justice, the “Joseph Lesurques case” of 1796. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
The Heart’s Cry AKA Le cri du coeur (1994) Idrissa Ouedraogo, Richard Bohringer, Saïd Diarra, Félicité Wouassi
Moctar lives in Mali with his mother Saffi and his ailing grandfather. Read More »
Killing Mad Dogs AKA Sagkoshi (2001) Bahram Beizai, Mozhdeh Shamsai, Majid Mozaffari, Reza Kianian
Golrokh an Iranian lady who is a talented author struggles to settle her presumably disloyal Read More »
Today AKA Aujourd’hui (2012) Alain Gomis, Saul Williams, Djolof Mbengue, Anisia Uzeyman
Satché is about to die. He decides to make his last day on this world the day of his life. Read More »
The Family Friend AKA L’amico di famiglia (2006) Paolo Sorrentino, Giacomo Rizzo, Laura Chiatti, Gigi Angelillo
Geremia, an aging tailor/money lender, is a repulsive, mean, stingy man who lives alone Read More »
Una prostituta al servizio del pubblico ed in regola con le leggi dello Stato (1971) Italo Zingarelli, Giovanna Ralli, Giancarlo Giannini, Denise Bataille
A prostitute and mother of two leaves her abusive husband for a young boxer Read More »
Sweet Dreams AKA Skagerrak (2003) Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, Iben Hjejle, Bronagh Gallagher, Martin Henderson
Skagerrak is the story of being hit by happiness when you least expect it. Read More »
The Curse of Marialva AKA “Sabbath” La maldición de María Alva (1989) António de Macedo, Lídia Franco, Carlos Daniel, Carlos Santos
A Visigoth count conquers a small village town from the Moors Read More »
You and Me AKA Toi et moi (2006) Julie Lopes-Curval, Marion Cotillard, Julie Depardieu, Jonathan Zaccaï
In Paris, Ariane and Lena are sisters. Ariane writes photo novellas for the magazine “Toi et Moi.” Read More »
Drancy Avenir (1997) Arnaud des Pallières, Aude Amiot, Thierry Bosc, Anna-Lisa Nathan
DRANCY AVENIR offers three compelling stories beginning with the last Holocaust survivor Read More »
Winter’s Tale AKA Conte d’hiver (1992) Éric Rohmer, Charlotte Véry, Frédéric van den Driessche, Michel Voletti
Felicie and Charles have a serious if whirlwind holiday romance. Read More »
Daggers of Blood AKA Col ferro e col fuoco (1962) Fernando Cerchio, Jeanne Crain, Pierre Brice, Elena Zareschi
Seventeenth century. During the Ukrainian uprising against the Polish rulers Read More »
Claire’s Knee AKA Le genou de Claire (1970) Éric Rohmer, Jean-Claude Brialy, Aurora Cornu, Béatrice Romand
In this talky lighthearted slow-paced melodrama, Jerome, a cultural attache Read More »
Terror, Sisters! AKA De la terreur, mes soeurs! (2019) Alexis Langlois, Nana Benamer, Naëlle Dariya, Justine Langlois
Today is a day unlike any before. Today is the day Kalthoum and their girlfriends imagine their revenge. Read More »
Werther (2010) Benoît Jacquot, Jonas Kaufmann, Ludovic Tézier, Alain Vernhes
Werther loves Charlotte, but she promised her mother on her deathbed that she would marry Albert. Read More »