Hélène, an antique dealer and her husband Georges, a respected doctor Read More »
Tag Archives: France
The Watchmaker of St. Paul AKA L’horloger de Saint-Paul (1974) Bertrand Tavernier, Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Jacques Denis
Michel Descombes is a watchmaker in the district of Saint-Paul, Lyons. Read More »
Cousin Jules AKA Le cousin Jules (1972) Dominique Benicheti, Jules Guiteaux, Félicie Guiteaux, Claude Chaudat
An ode to rural France and the simple joys of life, Dominique Benicheti’s glorious Read More »
To Catch a Spy AKA Action immédiate (1957) Maurice Labro, Henri Vidal, Barbara Laage, Jacques Dacqmine
The blueprints of an aeroplane built from an ultra-secret metal are stolen from national security. Read More »
Biquefarre (1983) Georges Rouquier, Henri Rouquier, Maria Rouquier, Roger Malet
Biquefarre is a small farm in Aveyron. The changing economics of farming lead Raoul Read More »
O’ Horten (2007) Bent Hamer, Baard Owe, Espen Skjønberg, Ghita Nørby
A picaresque tale. Odd Horton is dependable and contained: he’s a train engineer retiring Read More »
Françoise Steps Out AKA Rue de l’Estrapade (1953) Jacques Becker, Daniel Gélin, Louis Jourdan, Anne Vernon
While Henri Laurent speeds along on the racing circuits, his pretty wife Françoise goes from luxury boutique Read More »
Tell Me AKA Dis-moi (1980) Chantal Akerman
Chantal Akerman interviews her mother, and other elderly women who survived the Holocaust. Read More »
Antoine and Colette AKA Antoine et Colette (1962) François Truffaut, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Marie-France Pisier, Patrick Auffay
Antoine Doinel is 17, lives in a hotel and works in a factory making records; he loves music. Read More »
No Problem! AKA Pas de problème! (1975) Georges Lautner, Miou-Miou, Jean Lefebvre, Bernard Menez
Following a car chase and shootout, a man stumbles into a girl’s apartment and dies. Read More »
Once Upon A Forest AKA Il était une forêt (2013) Luc Jacquet, Francis Hallé, Michel Papineschi
From the creators of March of the Penguins and The Fox and the Child. Read More »
Life Together AKA La vie a deux (1958) Clément Duhour, Pierre Brasseur, Danielle Darrieux, Sophie Desmarets
The writer Pierre Carot became rich and famous with his book “Life as a Couple” Read More »
Gangsters (2002) Olivier Marchal, Richard Anconina, Anne Parillaud, François Levantal
Franck Chaievski and Nina Delgado are two undercover detectives of a French special force Read More »
Mistress AKA Maîtresse (1976) Barbet Schroeder, Gérard Depardieu, Bulle Ogier, André Rouyer
After breaking into a house he believes is empty, thief Olivier is caught by the owner Read More »
Women Are Like That AKA Comment qu’elle est! (1960) Bernard Borderie, Eddie Constantine, Françoise Brion, Alfred Adam
FBI agent Lemmy Caution arrives from the USA, his mission to uncover a dangerous spy named Varley. Read More »