The actress Isabelle Huppert has chosen twenty film extracts to compose this mosaic Read More »
Tag Archives: France
The Great Love AKA Le grand amour (1969) Pierre Étaix, Annie Fratellini, Nicole Calfan
Twenty-five year old Pierre is a man who likes to play the field, about which most of girlfriends are aware. Read More »
The Woman in Blue AKA La femme en bleu (1973) Michel Deville, Michel Piccoli, Lea Massari, Michel Aumont
Pierre, musician, lives in Paris. He is happy and has everything to be: an apartment, a nice job Read More »
Yuki and Nina (2009) Hippolyte Girardot, Nobuhiro Suwa, Noë Sampy, Arielle Moutel, Tsuyu Shimizu
Yuki is a 9-year-old Japanese girl who lives in France and is best friends with 9-year-old French girl Nina. Read More »
Every Little Thing AKA La moindre des choses (1997) Nicolas Philibert
The tranquil woods of the Loire Valley embrace the La Borde psychiatric clinic Read More »
My Mother’s Castle AKA Le château de ma mère (1990) Yves Robert, Julien Ciamaca, Philippe Caubère, Nathalie Roussel
Every holiday Marcel and his family go to their cottage in the Provence (France). Read More »
My Father’s Glory AKA La gloire de mon père (1990) Yves Robert, Philippe Caubère, Nathalie Roussel, Didier Pain
A young boy’s life in turn-of-the-century France. Marcel, witnesses the success of his teacher father Read More »
My Little Princess (2011) Eva Ionesco, Isabelle Huppert, Anamaria Vartolomei, Georgetta Leahu
Violetta is raised by her grandmother. Her mother Hanna tries to make a living on taking photographs Read More »
An Idiot in Paris AKA Un idiot à Paris (1967) Serge Korber, Dany Carrel, Jean Lefebvre, Bernard Blier
Goubi, the simpleton of his village in the French Department Allier, has but one wish: to see Paris. Read More »
Tabu (2012) Miguel Gomes, Telmo Churro, Hortêncílio Aquina
A restless retired woman teams up with her deceased neighbor’s maid to seek out a man Read More »
Cirano di Bergerac (1923) Augusto Genina, Pierre Magnier, Linda Moglia, Angelo Ferrari
Cyrano de Begerac is joyous, witty, a poet, a leader and filled with plenty of charisma and bravado in 17th Century France. Read More »
All the Fine Promises AKA Toutes ces belles promesses (2003) Jean-Paul Civeyrac, Jeanne Balibar, Bulle Ogier, Renaud Bécard
After the death of her mother Marianne, a young cellist discovers that her father had a mistress. Read More »
Night Train AKA Ye Che (2007) Yi’nan Diao, Rongcai Fu, Chao Ji, Dan Liu
Wu Hongyan is a young woman working as a prison guard during executions of female convicts. Read More »
El Greco (1966) Luciano Salce, Mel Ferrer, Rosanna Schiaffino, Adolfo Celi
16th-century Spain, the famed Greek painter El Greco journeys to Toledo to paint an altarpiece. Read More »
Killer AKA Le tueur (1972) Denys de La Patellière, Jean Gabin, Fabio Testi, Uschi Glas
Whilst being transferred to a psychiatric hospital, a ruthless serial killer Gassot Read More »