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Tag Archives: France
The Hatter’s Ghost AKA Les fantômes du chapelier (1982) Claude Chabrol, Michel Serrault, Charles Aznavour, Monique Chaumette
Labbé, a hatter in a French provincial town, leads the life of a respectable Read More »
Little Senegal (2000) Rachid Bouchareb, Sotigui Kouyaté, Sharon Hope, Roschdy Zem
After many years of having worked as a tour guide at the Senegalese slave museum Read More »
Alien Crystal Palace (2018) Arielle Dombasle, Nicolas Ker, Michel Fau
A scientist finds the secret that predispose to the formation of the ideal couple. Read More »
Razzia (2017) Nabil Ayouch, Maryam Touzani, Arieh Worthalter, Amine Ennaji
The streets of Casablanca provide the centerpiece for five separate narratives that all collide into one. Read More »
Quilombo (1984) Carlos Diegues, Bené Batista, Jonas Bloch, Zózimo Bulbul
Quilombo de Palmares was a real-life democratic society, created in Brazil in the 17th century. Read More »
Four Nights of a Dreamer AKA Quatre nuits d’un rêveur (1971) Robert Bresson, Isabelle Weingarten, Guillaume des Forêts, Jean-Maurice Monnoyer
The ‘dreamer’ is Jacques, a young painter, who by chance runs into Marthe Read More »
Secret Journey AKA Viaggio segreto (2006) Roberto Andò, Alessio Boni, Donatella Finocchiaro, Valeria Solarino
Leonardo, a psychoanalyst, allowed himself to be totally absorbed in his work Read More »
The Lovers AKA Les amants (1958) Louis Malle, Jeanne Moreau, Alain Cuny, Jean-Marc Bory
Bored with her husband, bored with her polo-playing lover Read More »
Miss and the Doctors AKA Tirez la langue, mademoiselle (2013) Axelle Ropert, Cédric Kahn, Laurent Stocker, Louise Bourgoin
Boris and Dimitri are brothers. They are both doctors in the 13th district of Paris and always work together. Read More »
The Swindle AKA Il bidone (1955) Federico Fellini, Broderick Crawford, Richard Basehart, Giulietta Masina
Augusto, Carlo, and Roberto are scam artists who often work together. Read More »
The Boldest Job in the West (1972) José Antonio de la Loma, Mark Edwards, Carmen Sevilla, Charly Bravo
A bandit gang successfully executes a complicated bank heist but disagreements arise in the aftermath and mass gunplay unfolds. Read More »
My Son, the Hero AKA Arrivano i titani (1962) Duccio Tessari, Pedro Armendáriz, Giuliano Gemma, Antonella Lualdi
Krios, the youngest of the Titans, may be the least strong of the seven brothers whose strength comes from their mother Read More »
The Madonna and the Dragon AKA Tinikling ou ‘La madonne et le dragon’ (1990) Samuel Fuller, Jennifer Beals, Luc Merenda, Patrick Bauchau
Two photojournalists who were once a couple are covering the elections in the Philippines that could end the Marcos thug regime. Read More »
Thirteen Days of Love AKA Escale (1935) Louis Valray, Colette Darfeuil, Samson Fainsilber, Serge Arola
The decline of Eva, torn by her love for Jean, a naval officer, and her lust for Dario, a sly smuggler. Read More »