In 1832, cholera ravages Provence (South of France). After several misadventures, Angelo Read More »
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The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna AKA Die wunderbare Lüge der Nina Petrowna (1929) Hanns Schwarz, Brigitte Helm, Francis Lederer, Warwick Ward
The film’s story concerns the travails of a woman who has been living quite Read More »
Me, Myself and Mum AKA Les garçons et Guillaume à table! (2013) Guillaume Gallienne, André Marcon, Françoise Fabian
Mrs. Gallienne, a rather temperamental upper middle-class lady, has three children Read More »
Laurence Anyways (2012) Xavier Dolan, Melvil Poupaud, Emmanuel Schwartz, Suzanne Clément
A drama that charts ten years in a transgender woman’s relationship with her lover. Read More »
The Untouchable AKA L’intouchable (2006) Benoît Jacquot, Isild Le Besco, Bérangère Bonvoisin, Marc Barbé
On the day she celebrates her birthday, Jeanne, a young actress, is told by her mother Read More »
Weekend AKA Week End (1967) Jean-Luc Godard, Mireille Darc, Jean Yanne, Jean-Pierre Kalfon
A supposedly idyllic week-end trip to the countryside turns into a never-ending nightmare Read More »
The Novena AKA La neuvaine (2005) Bernard Émond, Elise Guilbault, Patrick Drolet, Marie-Josée Bastien
The faith of a caring physician and an unquestioningly religious youth Read More »
Foucault Against Himself AKA Foucault contre lui même (2014) François Caillat, Leo Bersani, Georges Didi-Huberman, Didier Eribon
Captures the energy and fierce intellect of the man, introducing us to some Read More »
Marianne (1997) Benoît Jacquot, Virginie Ledoyen, Marcel Bozonnet, Julie Gayet
A romance of 18th-century Paris: Virginie Ledoyen plays a lovely and graceful orphan Read More »
Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno (2017) Abdellatif Kechiche, Shaïn Boumedine, Ophélie Bau, Salim Kechiouche
Amin, an aspiring screenwriter living in Paris, returns home for the summer Read More »
The President AKA Le président (2013) Jean-Pierre Bekolo, Gérard Essomba, Valery Ndongo
A president for 42 years in power discretely left the palace on the eve of an important electoral meeting. Read More »
No Room To Die AKA Una lunga fila di croci (1969) Sergio Garrone, Anthony Steffen, William Berger, Nicoletta Machiavelli
Django and Santana are bounty hunters taking out bandits in a small Western town. Read More »
The Stopover AKA Voir du pays (2016) Delphine Coulin, Muriel Coulin, Soko, Ariane Labed, Ginger Romàn
Two young French soldiers take a three-day leave in Cyprus Read More »
Extreme Justice AKA Le môme (1986) Alain Corneau, Richard Anconina, Ambre, Michel Duchaussoy
The meeting of a marginal cop and a rootless mixed-race woman led Read More »
Law of Survival AKA La loi du survivant (1967) José Giovanni, Michel Constantin, Alexandra Stewart, Roger Blin
In 1960, Stan, the protagonist, after having made a fortune in Asia, returns to Corsica, to visit a friend’s tomb. Read More »