Matthieu and Eric are two brothers who work at the same factory as their father in Normandy. Read More »
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There Will Be No More Night AKA Il n’y aura plus de nuit (2020) Éléonore Weber, Nathalie Richard
To shoot: a gun or a movie camera. The military analogy is born with the beginning of cinema. Read More »
At the Top of the Stairs AKA En haut des marches (1983) Paul Vecchiali, Danielle Darrieux, Hélène Surgère, Françoise Lebrun
A woman returns after twenty years to Toulon where her husband Read More »
Boum sur Paris (1953) Maurice de Canonge, Édith Piaf, Jacques Pills, Mick Micheyl
In this French musical comedy, the search for a bottle of perfume containing an explosive ingredient Read More »
The Sky Above Paris AKA Le ciel de Paris (1991) Michel Béna, Sandrine Bonnaire, Marc Fourastier, Paul Blain
Marc is in love with Lucien, who’s in love with Suzanne, who’s in love with someone else. Read More »
Violette & François (1977) Jacques Rouffio, Isabelle Adjani, Jacques Dutronc, Serge Reggiani
Violette and François are a couple with a child. As they cannot lead a good life with odd jobs, François starts to steal. Read More »
Murder at 45 R.P.M. AKA Meurtre en 45 tours (1960) Etienne Périer, Danielle Darrieux, Michel Auclair, Jean Servais
Danielle Darrieux stars in this Belgian chiller as a songstress whose obsessively jealous husband suddenly dies. Read More »
The Damned Don’t Cry (1950) Vincent Sherman, Joan Crawford, David Brian, Steve Cochran
The murder of gangster Nick Prenta rolls an evaluation of mysterious socialite Read More »
Why (Not) Brazil? AKA Pourquoi (pas) le Brésil (2004) Laetitia Masson, Elsa Zylberstein, Marc Barbé, Bernard Le Coq
A film director, whose career is going downhill, reluctantly decides to adapt Read More »
The Mouse on the Moon (1963) Richard Lester, Margaret Rutherford, Ron Moody, Bernard Cribbins
Sequel to The Mouse that Roared; The Tiny Country of Grand Fenwick has a hot water problem in the castle. Read More »
Saint-Tropez Blues (1961) Marcel Moussy, Marie Laforêt, Jacques Higelin, Pierre Michaël
Anne-Marie goes south with her childhood friend Jean-Paul instead of hitting the books at home. Read More »
The Trump Card AKA Dernier Atout (1942) Jacques Becker, Mireille Balin, Raymond Rouleau, Pierre Renoir
A man is shot In the hotel of an imaginary South American country. Read More »
Edward and Caroline AKA Édouard et Caroline (1951) Jacques Becker, Daniel Gélin, Anne Vernon, Elina Labourdette
Edouard is a pianist, married with Caroline. This evening, they are invited to Claude’s. Read More »
Good Old Daze AKA Le péril jeune (1994) Cédric Klapisch, Romain Duris, Vincent Elbaz, Nicolas Koretzky
Ten years after their Upper Sixth, Bruno, Momo, Leon and Alain meet together Read More »
The Storm Within AKA Les parents terribles (1948) Jean Cocteau, Jean Marais, Josette Day, Yvonne de Bray
When Michel, who’s 22, tells his parents he is in love, his mother Yvonne is distraught Read More »