Abandoned by her lover Philippe, Michèle, a Parisian fashion designer, tries to kill herself. Read More »
Tag Archives: french
Portuguese Vacation AKA Vacances portugaises (1963) Pierre Kast, Françoise Arnoul, Michel Auclair, Jean-Pierre Aumont
Françoise and her husband Jean-Pierre invite some friend couples to spend a weekend Read More »
Marie Antoinette Queen of France AKA Marie-Antoinette reine de France (1956) Jean Delannoy, Michèle Morgan, Richard Todd, Jacques Morel
In 1774, Marie-Antoinette, wife of the dauphin, heavy and clumsy Read More »
Castle of Blood AKA Danza macabra (1964) Antonio Margheriti, Sergio Corbucci, Barbara Steele, Georges Rivière, Margrete Robsahm
A writer accepts a bet that he cannot spend the night alone in a haunted castle on All Soul’s Eve. Read More »
Bye Bye Blondie (2012) Virginie Despentes, Emmanuelle Béart, Béatrice Dalle, Soko
A Love Story Of Two Women Who meet up in their late forties Read More »
The Human Beast AKA La bête humaine (1938) Jean Renoir, Jean Gabin, Julien Carette, Simone Simon
Jacques Lantier is a train engineer who is prone to violent seizures Read More »
In the Shadow of the Wind AKA Les fous de Bassan (1987) Yves Simoneau, Steve Banner, Charlotte Valandrey, Laure Marsac
Stevens Brown, now an old man, recalls the events that unfurled 50 years before Read More »
Van Gogh (1991) Maurice Pialat, Jacques Dutronc, Alexandra London, Bernard Le Coq
In late spring, 1890, Vincent moves to Auvers-sur-Oise, near Paris, under the care of Dr. Gachet Read More »
The True Nature of Bernadette AKA La vraie nature de Bernadette (1972) Gilles Carle, Micheline Lanctôt, Donald Pilon, Reynald Bouchard
A woman imbued with naturalistic and libertarian theories leaves her city home to live Read More »
Far West AKA Le Far West (1973) Jacques Brel, Gabriel Jabbour, Danièle Evenou
Jacques and his friend Gabriel to their forties still have a childhood dream: the Wild West. Read More »
Arrest Me AKA Arrêtez-moi (2013) Jean-Paul Lilienfeld, Sophie Marceau, Miou-Miou, Yann Ebongé
This is a story about a strange woman who came to police to confess that she killed her husband years ago. Read More »
Pacific Palisades (1990) Bernard Schmitt, Sophie Marceau, Adam Coleman Howard, Anne E. Curry
A woman from Paris, Bernadette, comes to the United States after being promised a job. Read More »
La Belle Époque (2019) Nicolas Bedos, Daniel Auteuil, Guillaume Canet, Doria Tillier
Victor, a disillusioned sexagenarian, sees his life turned upside down Read More »
Zoo zéro (1979) Alain Fleischer, Catherine Jourdan, Klaus Kinski, Pierre Clémenti
Eva is a singer in a Noah’s Ark themed nightclub, where the guests wear animal masks. Read More »
A Woman’s Revenge AKA La vengeance d’une femme (1990) Jacques Doillon, Isabelle Huppert, Béatrice Dalle, Jean-Louis Murat
Suzy, a beautiful woman, is coming back to Paris to attend the funeral of her lover, a married man. Read More »