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Tag Archives: France
The Butterfly Affair (1971) Jean Herman, Claudia Cardinale, Stanley Baker, Henri Charrière
Popsy double-crosses her older partner Silva. Silva has arranged to divert diamonds Read More »
Young Wolves AKA Les jeunes loups (1968) Marcel Carné, Christian Hay, Haydée Politoff, Yves Beneyton
Alain, “a young wolf”, elegant and racy, is maintained by the princess Linzani. Read More »
Confidentially Yours AKA Vivement dimanche! (1983) François Truffaut, Fanny Ardant, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Claude Massoulier is murdered while hunting at the same place as Julien Vercel (Jean-Louis Trintignant) Read More »
Leda AKA À double tour (1959) Claude Chabrol, Madeleine Robinson, Antonella Lualdi, Jean-Paul Belmondo
Leda, the flirt of Monsieur Marcoux is murdered. His wife and the police think Read More »
Le beau Serge (1958) Claude Chabrol, Gérard Blain, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michèle Méritz
Francois comes back to his home village in France after more than a decade. Read More »
Guns of the Black Witch AKA Il terrore dei mari (1961) Domenico Paolella, Don Megowan, Silvana Pampanini, Emma Danieli
In the 17th century, a village was the refuge of several French buccaneers. Read More »
The Tragic Burlesque AKA Urnebesna tragedija (1995) Goran Markovic, Vojislav Brajovic, Danilo ‘Bata’ Stojkovic, Dragan Nikolic
In a way of protesting for inhuman living conditions and the shortage of medications Read More »
The Page Turner AKA La tourneuse de pages (2006) Denis Dercourt, Catherine Frot, Déborah François, Pascal Greggory
The girl Mélanie Prouvost is the beloved daughter of the butchers Mrs. Prouvost and Mr. Prouvost. Read More »
Daybreak AKA Le jour se lève (1939) Marcel Carné, Jean Gabin, Jacqueline Laurent, Arletty
Francois, a sympathetic factory worker, kills Valentin with a gun. Read More »
Under the Sun of Satan AKA Sous le Soleil de Satan (1987) Maurice Pialat, Gérard Depardieu, Sandrine Bonnaire
Dossignan is a very zealous rural priest. The dean Menou-Segrais tries to keep him reasonable. Read More »
Claire Dolan (1998) Lodge Kerrigan, Katrin Cartlidge, Vincent D’Onofrio, Colm Meaney
A high-priced call girl, shocked by her mother’s death Read More »
Rapture (1965) John Guillermin, Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Gozzi, Dean Stockwell
Agnes, a lonely teenage girl, and her father befriend an escaped convict Read More »
More Than Yesterday AKA Plus qu’hier, moins que demain (1998) Laurent Achard, Martin Mihelich, Laetitia Legrix, Mireille Roussel
A young woman’s return home brings up troubles from the past Read More »
Dany the Ravager AKA Dany la ravageuse (1972) Willy Rozier, Sandra Julien, Jürgen Drews, Michel Paulin
The adventurous and seductive Dany goes astray Read More »