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Gregoire Moulin vs. Humanity (2001) Artus de Penguern, Pascale Arbillot, Élisabeth Vitali, Comedy, Romance
Grégoire Moulin, a timid accountant, puts up a blind date with a dance instructor in a pub. Read More »
The Proud Ones (1953) Yves Allégret, Rafael E. Portas, Michèle Morgan, Gérard Philipe, Víctor Manuel Mendoza, Drama, Romance
The first to die in an outbreak of meningitis in Vera Cruz is a French tourist. Read More »
My Favorite Season (1993) André Téchiné, Catherine Deneuve, Daniel Auteuil, Marthe Villalonga, Drama, Romance
Too old to reside, Berthe goes with her daughter, Emile, who’s married with grown-up kids of her own. Read More »
Belle toujours (2006) Manoel de Oliveira, Michel Piccoli, Bulle Ogier, Ricardo Trêpa, Drama, Music
Belle toujours happened to me suddenly and, as I had the will to pay my tribute to Luis Buñuel and Jean-Claude Carrière, I had been happy to have discovered a means to accomplish this, Read More »
The Cry of the Owl (1987) Claude Chabrol, Christophe Malavoy, Mathilda May, Jacques Penot, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Robert is a professional and artist, in Vichy after breaking up from his wife, Véronique, herself recently engaged. Read More »
Violette (1978) Claude Chabrol, Isabelle Huppert, Stéphane Audran, Jean Carmet, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Within a interwar France struggling with deep political and social change, 18-year-old Violette Noziere rebels against the limits of her working-class (and potentially incestuous) household, with troubling consequences. Read More »
Lucrezia Borgia (1935) Abel Gance, Edwige Feuillère, Gabriel Gabrio, Maurice Escande, Drama, History, Romance
After the advice of his main adviser Niccolo Macchiavelli, Cesare Borgia decides to try to unify the nation so as to become even stronger. Read More »
That Most Important Thing: Love (1975) Andrzej Zulawski, Romy Schneider, Fabio Testi, Jacques Dutronc, Drama, Romance
Servais Mont, a photographer, matches Nadine Chevalier who makes her cash starring in economical soft-core films. Read More »
The Adventures of Hajji Baba (1954) Don Weis, John Derek, Elaine Stewart, Thomas Gomez, Action, Adventure, Romance
Back in Ispahan, Persia, Hajji Baba is departing his father’s store to seek out a larger chance, although the Princess Fawzia is hoping to speak her daddy Read More »
Journey Beneath the Desert (1961) Giuseppe Masini, Edgar G. Ulmer, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Haya Harareet, Georges Rivière, Adventure, Fantasy
A helicopter crashes in town, as well as the crew pops up at the underground city of Atlantis and have mixed up in a slave revolt. Read More »
If the Wind Frightens You (1960) Emile Degelin, Elisabeth Dulac, Guy Lesire, Henri Billen, Drama
Having a literary, stylistic strategy and rigid dialogue, this emotional drama by director Emile Degelin handles the generally taboo topic of incest at a round-about manner. Read More »
The Woman Who Dared (1944) Jean Grémillon, Madeleine Renaud, Charles Vanel, Jean Debucourt, Drama
Within this uplifting romantic play, the spouse of a mechanic and former fighter pilot falls in love with the notion of flying herself. Read More »
Spotlight on a Murderer (1961) Georges Franju, Pierre Brasseur, Pascale Audret, Marianne Koch, Drama, Mystery
When he sees his days are old count Hervé p Kéraudren decides to hide in a secret alcove and to perish there, simply to frighten his heirs. Read More »
N. Took the Dice (1971) Alain Robbe-Grillet, Catherine Jourdan, Pierre Zimmer, Richard Leduc, Lorraine Rainer, Drama, Horror
A reshuffling of Grillet’s Eden and afterwards, the name an anagram of the film Read More »