Juana is married off by her pious parents, the Catholic kings Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castille Read More »
Tag Archives: France
The Decameron AKA Il Decameron (1971) Pier Paolo Pasolini, Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli, Jovan Jovanovic
An adaptation of nine stories from Bocaccio’s “Decameron”: A young man from Perugia is swindled twice in Naples Read More »
Demented AKA Le dernier des fous (2006) Laurent Achard, Julien Cochelin, Annie Cordy, Pascal Cervo
Young Martin watches the quirky, extraordinary events that occur in and around the family home and barn from a distance. Read More »
The Bait AKA L’appât (1995) Bertrand Tavernier, Marie Gillain, Olivier Sitruk, Bruno Putzulu
Three adolescents, a girl who serves as the priming and two boys Read More »
Goltzius and the Pelican Company (2012) Peter Greenaway, Ramsey Nasr, F. Murray Abraham, Hendrik Aerts
The life of Hendrik Goltzius, a late 16th-century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints. Read More »
Mountain Pass AKA Passe montagne (1978) Jean-François Stévenin, Jacques Villeret, Yves Le Moign
When the car of Georges, a Parisian architect, breaks down on the motorway Read More »
The Death of Empedocles AKA Der Tod des Empedokles oder: Wenn dann der Erde Grün von neuem Euch erglänzt (1987) Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub, Andreas von Rauch, Vladimir Baratta, Martina Baratta
The tragedy of the death of Empedocles, legislator in Acient Greece. Read More »
Sayônara (2015) Kôji Fukada, Mari Yamamoto, Irène Jacob, Nijirô Murakami
In the not distant future Japan has again experienced a nuclear incident and is gradually becoming uninhabitable. Read More »
Brocéliande (2002) Doug Headline, Elsa Kikoïne, Cylia Malki, Alice Taglioni
At a university specializing in Celtic history, a string of murders has struck the campus. Read More »
Playtime (1967) Jacques Tati, Barbara Dennek, Rita Maiden
Monsieur Hulot has to contact an American official in Paris, but he gets lost in the maze Read More »
Hercules and the Captive Women AKA Ercole alla conquista di Atlantide (1961) Vittorio Cottafavi, Reg Park, Fay Spain, Ettore Manni
The ever intrepid world-trotting hunk of a man Herc (Hercules to those who are not his friends) Read More »
The War Is Over AKA La guerre est finie (1966) Alain Resnais, Yves Montand, Ingrid Thulin, Geneviève Bujold
Diego is one of the chiefs of the spanish Communist Party. He is travelling back to Paris Read More »
The Light AKA L’équipier (2004) Philippe Lioret, Sandrine Bonnaire, Philippe Torreton, Grégori Derangère
Camille arrives at the island Ouessant where she was born, to sell the house of her parents. Read More »
Eminent Domain (1990) John Irvin, Donald Sutherland, Anne Archer, Jodhi May
A high-ranking Polish politburo member is banished from the party, and must find out why. Read More »
Scream of Stone AKA Cerro Torre: Schrei aus Stein (1991) Werner Herzog, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Stefan Glowacz, Mathilda May
A meeting of two world famous climbers, one an experienced mountaineer (Roccia) Read More »