Marcelline is an actress. Forty, single and childless, she begins rehearsals for Turgenev’s A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
Outlaws AKA Hors-la-loi (1985) Robin Davis, Clovis Cornillac, Wadeck Stanczak, Nathalie Spilmont
A handful of teenagers, boys and girls, escape from a reform school and go round town. Read More »
Nenette and Boni AKA Nénette et Boni (1996) Claire Denis, Grégoire Colin, Alice Houri, Jacques Nolot
Teenage siblings Nenette and Boni were raised apart as a result of their parents’ divorce. Read More »
A Cage of Nightingales AKA La cage aux rossignols (1945) Jean Dréville, Noël-Noël, Micheline Francey, René Génin
In France, in 1930, a supervisor of a boarding school for young offenders seeks to awaken Read More »
Star Without Light AKA Étoile sans lumière (1946) Marcel Blistène, Édith Piaf, Marcel Herrand, Jules Berry
Piaf plays an aspiring singer who tries to break into films during the early talkie era. Read More »
Captain Conan AKA Capitaine Conan (1996) Bertrand Tavernier, Philippe Torreton, Samuel Le Bihan, Bernard Le Coq
Bulgaria near the end of World War I: Conan, warrior and wolf, leads a band Read More »
Night at the Crossroads AKA La nuit du carrefour (1932) Jean Renoir, Pierre Renoir, Georges Térof, Winna Winifried
Inspector Maigret investigates the mysterious murder of a Dutch diamond dealer Read More »
Légitime violence (1982) Serge Leroy, Claude Brasseur, Véronique Genest, Thierry Lhermitte
A man whose family were killed during an attempted robbery in a railway station Read More »
Beggars and Noblemen (1991) Asmaa El-Bakry, Salah El-Saadany, Mahmood El-Gindi, Abdulaziz Makhyoon
The setting is Cairo in June of 1945, during the last days of the Second World War. Read More »
The Age of Potential AKA L’âge des possibles (1995) Pascale Ferran, Anne Cantineau, Christèle Tual, Anne Caillere
Ten young people ( boys and girls) at the age at which all is possible. Read More »