In 1789, when the Revolution went on, a bandit named “Black Tulip” held the surroundings of village Roussillon in fear. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
Summer AKA L’été (1968) Marcel Hanoun, Graziella Buci, Pierre-Henri Deleau
During the summer of 1968, a young French woman staying in an isolated country house reflects upon her involvement in the events of that May. Read More »
Wonder Boy – De sueur et de sang (1994) Paul Vecchiali, Fabienne Babe, Sam Djob, Kader Boukhanef
A reluctant boxer is the focus of this unique French romance. Maurice dreams of becoming a violinist. Read More »
The Shanghai Drama AKA Le drame de Shanghaï (1938) Georg Wilhelm Pabst, Christl Mardayn, Louis Jouvet, Raymond Rouleau
A Russian emigrant sings in a Shanghai nightclub under the assumed name of Kay Murphy. Read More »
Return of Sabata AKA È tornato Sabata… hai chiuso un’altra volta! (1971) Gianfranco Parolini, Lee Van Cleef, Reiner Schöne, Giampiero Albertini
Master gunslinger Sabata arrives in Hobsonville, a town completely owned by McIntock Read More »
Fay Grim (2006) Hal Hartley, Parker Posey, Jeff Goldblum, Liam Aiken
A ten-years-later continuation of Hal Hartley’s “Henry Fool”, where Fay Grim (Posey) is coerced by a CIA agent (Goldblum) Read More »
Waiting for the Clouds AKA Bulutlari beklerken (2003) Yesim Ustaoglu, Rüçhan Çaliskur, Ridvan Yagci, Dimitris Kaberidis
A moving and emotional friendship between Aysheh, an elderly woman and Mehmet Read More »
Rocco and His Brothers AKA Rocco e i suoi fratelli (1960) Luchino Visconti, Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot
The widow Rosaria moves to Milano from Lucania with her 4 sons, one of whom is Rocco. Read More »
La machine (1977) Paul Vecchiali, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Sonia Saviange, Monique Mélinand
Pierre Lentier murders an 8-year-old in horrendous circumstances. Read More »
Eye of the Storm AKA L’oeil du cyclone (2015) Sekou Traoré, Maimouna N’Diaye, Fargass Assandé, Abidine Dioari
In a nameless, African country riven with civil war, a young female lawyer is the court-appointed counsel for a rebel leader. Read More »
Fan-Fan the Tulip AKA Fanfan la tulipe (1952) Christian-Jaque, Gérard Philipe, Gina Lollobrigida, Marcel Herrand
Fanfan is a handsome young peasant. He joins the army to escape a forced marriage Read More »
The Diary of an Innocent Boy AKA Benjamin ou Les mémoires d’un puceau (1968) Michel Deville, Michèle Morgan, Michel Piccoli, Pierre Clémenti
France, 1750s; Benjamin has spent his entire childhood and early adolescence in the sole company of his tutor Camille. Read More »
Selva. Un portrait de Parvaneh Navaï (1983) Maria Klonaris
Trance dances and out of body projection. In front of the camera, Parvaneh Navaï becomes a mediator Read More »
Dog Day AKA Canicule (1984) Yves Boisset, Lee Marvin, Miou-Miou, Jean Carmet
A fugitive on the run from the law and carrying several million dollars hides out in the house of a farm family. Read More »
The Night of the Generals (1967) Anatole Litvak, Peter O’Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay
In 1942, in Warsaw, a Polish prostitute is murdered in a sadistic way. Read More »