Weary of the conventions of Parisian society, a rich playboy and a youthful courtesan-in-training Read More »
Tag Archives: France
Youth Without Youth (2007) Francis Ford Coppola, Tim Roth, Alexandra Maria Lara, Bruno Ganz
1938, Romania: at 70, a professor of language and philosophy, Dominic Matei, contemplates suicide: the love of his life is dead Read More »
Dangerous Pleasures AKA Una voglia da morire (1965) Duccio Tessari, Raf Vallone, Annie Girardot, Alberto Lionello
Two women on vacation decide to see who the better seductress is. Read More »
The Hussy AKA La drôlesse (1979) Jacques Doillon, Claude Hébert, Madeleine Desdevises, Paulette Lahaye
Twenty-something François collects boxes and bottles and resells them to shopkeepers. Read More »
The Shoe AKA Kurpe (1998) Laila Pakalnina, Ivars Brakovskis, Igors Buraks, Viktors Cestnovs
The Shoe is set in a seaside Latvian town in the 1950s and deals with absurd laws of life in a border state. Read More »
A Few Days with Me AKA Quelques jours avec moi (1988) Claude Sautet, Daniel Auteuil, Sandrine Bonnaire, Jean-Pierre Marielle
Martial’s mother owns a chain of supermarkets. He had spent some years in a mental hospital Read More »
What Price Murder? AKA Une manche et la belle (1957) Henri Verneuil, Henri Vidal, Mylène Demongeot, Isa Miranda
Betty Farnwell, a rich widow living in Nice, decides to marry Philippe Read More »
Quadrille (1997) Valérie Lemercier, André Dussollier, Sandrine Kiberlain
What happens when two women fall in love with the same two men Read More »
Port Arthur (1936) Nicolas Farkas, Anton Walbrook, Karin Hardt, René Deltgen
Espionage, war and romance in the Far East in 1904: Russian naval officer Boris Ranewsky Read More »
Spring Blossom AKA Seize printemps (2020) Suzanne Lindon, Arnaud Valois, Frédéric Pierrot
Suzanne is sixteen. She is bored with people her own age. Read More »
The Invincible Masked Rider AKA L’invincibile cavaliere mascherato (1963) Umberto Lenzi, Pierre Brice, Daniele Vargas, Hélène Chanel
In 17th century Spain, the evil, corrupt Don Luis intends to marry his ward Read More »
Good Enough to Eat AKA Une fille à croquer (1951) Raoul André, Gaby Morlay, Serge Reggiani, Louise Carletti
Rose Chaperon is asked by her confectioner mother Mathilde to bring jewels Read More »
Vincent and Theo (1990) Robert Altman, Tim Roth, Paul Rhys, Adrian Brine
It’s the late nineteenth century. Adult Dutch brothers Vincent Van Gogh and Theo Van Gogh, living in Paris Read More »
I, Anna (2012) Barnaby Southcombe, Charlotte Rampling, Gabriel Byrne, Eddie Marsan
A noir thriller told from the point of view of a femme fatale Read More »
Beauty and the Beast AKA La belle et la bête (1946) Jean Cocteau, René Clément, Jean Marais, Josette Day, Mila Parély
Adélaïde, Belle, Félicie and Ludovic are young adult siblings who once lived in grandeur Read More »