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Tag Archives: France
Tomorrow We Move AKA Demain on déménage (2004) Chantal Akerman, Sylvie Testud, Aurore Clément, Jean-Pierre Marielle
The late Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman brings us an intellectual comedy about a mother Read More »
Erotic Witchcraft AKA La goulve (1972) Mario Mercier, Bepi Fontana, Hervé Hendrickx, César Torres, Anne Varèze
Axel, the magician, raises a boy into adulthood. When Axel dies, it’s the young man Read More »
TGV (1998) Moussa Touré, Makena Diop, Al Hamdou Traore, Bernard Giraudeau
The TGV? No, it is not the famous French high-speed train, but instead the rickety and colourful bus operated Read More »
Empty Nest AKA El nido vacío (2008) Daniel Burman, Oscar Martínez, Cecilia Roth, Inés Efron
A chronicle of the emptiness felt when ones children have left home Read More »
The Beaches of Agnès AKA Les plages d’Agnès (2008) Agnès Varda, André Lubrano, Blaise Fournier
At nearly 80, Agnès Varda explores her memory – growing up in Belgium, living in Sète, Paris, and Noirmoutier Read More »
Nero’s Big Weekend AKA Mio figlio Nerone (1956) Steno, Alberto Sordi, Vittorio De Sica, Gloria Swanson
Nero is on holiday at the seaside. Poppea, Seneca and many other guests are with him. Read More »
The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun AKA La petite vendeuse de soleil (1999) Djibril Diop Mambéty, Moussa Baldé, Lissa Balera, Aminata Fall
La petite vendeuse de soleil follows the life of a young girl who moves from her village to Dakar Read More »
The Little Wheedlers AKA Les petits câlins (1978) Jean-Marie Poiré, Dominique Laffin, Caroline Cartier, Josiane Balasko
Sophie (Dominique Laffin) lives with Corinne (Josiane Balasko) Read More »
Sombre (1998) Philippe Grandrieux, Marc Barbé, Elina Löwensohn, Géraldine Voillat
A car, following the Tour de France. Children screaming in front of the puppet show. Read More »
The Seventh Company Outdoors AKA La 7ème compagnie au clair de lune (1977) Robert Lamoureux, Jean Lefebvre, Pierre Mondy, Henri Guybet
Three members of this unlucky 7th Organization are shrouded in occupied France in 1942. Read More »
Climax (2018) Gaspar Noé, Sofia Boutella, Romain Guillermic, Souheila Yacoub
In the mid 1990’s, 20 French urban dancers join together for a three-day rehearsal Read More »
Valentin Valentin (2014) Pascal Thomas, Marilou Berry, Vincent Rottiers, Marie Gillain
Valentin is loved by his entourage specially the girls of the fifth floor. Read More »
Angel on the Right AKA Fararishtay kifti rost (2002) Jamshed Usmonov, Uktamoi Miyasarova, Maruf Pulodzoda, Kova Tilavpur
Set in the Tajik village of Asht, this film draws on the Muslim notion that we are born Read More »
The Catwalk AKA La passerelle (1988) Jean-Claude Sussfeld, Pierre Arditi, Mathilda May, Aurelle Doazan
Jean Nevers is a solitary middle-aged bachelor whose apartment Read More »