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Tag Archives: France
Casablanca Beats AKA Haut et fort (2021) Nabil Ayouch, Anas Basbousi, Ismail Adouab, Zineb Boujemaa
Anas, a former rapper, is employed in a cultural centre. Read More »
The Divide AKA La fracture (2021) Catherine Corsini, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Marina Foïs, Pio Marmaï
Two women on the verge of a breakup, in a hospital, are further stressed Read More »
Girl with a Suitcase AKA La ragazza con la valigia (1961) Valerio Zurlini, Claudia Cardinale, Jacques Perrin, Luciana Angiolillo
Lorenzo, who’s 16 and born to a wealthy family in Parma, tries to make things Read More »
An Eye for an Eye AKA Oeil pour oeil (1957) André Cayatte, Curd Jürgens, Folco Lulli, Lea Padovani
In North Africa Dr. Walter (W) is a very skilled surgeon but lives at a distance from the hospital. Read More »
The Childhood of a Leader (2015) Brady Corbet, Bérénice Bejo, Liam Cunningham, Stacy Martin
A chronicle of the childhood of a post-World War I leader. Read More »
Thieves AKA Les voleurs (1996) André Téchiné, Catherine Deneuve, Daniel Auteuil, Laurence Côte
In the middle of the night, someone brings Ivan’s body home to his wife and his sad-faced, jug-eared son. Read More »
Strayed AKA Les égarés (2003) André Téchiné, Emmanuelle Béart, Gaspard Ulliel, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet
June 1940. German troops are advancing on Paris. Odile, a widowed teacher, succumbs Read More »
Sarraounia (1986) Med Hondo, Aï Keïta, Jean-Roger Milo, Féodor Atkine
On January 2 1899, beginning from the French Soudan, a french pillar below the commandment of the captains Voulet Read More »
The Prey of the Wind AKA La proie du vent (1927) René Clair, Sandra Milovanoff, Lillian Hall-Davis, Jean Murat
An early aviator crash lands in a remote European country where he falls in love with a beautiful woman. Read More »
Mixed Blood (1984) Paul Morrissey, Marília Pêra, Richard Ulacia, Linda Kerridge
Brazilian drug dealers in Manhattan’s Lower East Side start a war with Read More »
Rumble Fish (1983) Francis Ford Coppola, Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Diane Lane
Rusty James is the leader of a small, dying gang in an industrial town. Read More »
Gunman in the Streets (1950) Frank Tuttle, Dane Clark, Simone Signoret, Fernand Gravey
American army deserter turned criminal-on-the-run Eddy Roback must evade the French authorities Read More »
Hotel America AKA Hôtel des Amériques (1981) André Téchiné, Catherine Deneuve, Patrick Dewaere, Etienne Chicot
Hélène, a distracted pill-popping anesthetist, almost runs down Gilles Read More »
Il vecchio testamento (1962) Gianfranco Parolini, Brad Harris, Ivano Staccioli, Franca Parisi
The Jews of Jerusalem are driven out by their Syrian rulers. Read More »