Simon Lacassaine a thief with cultural attachments has just broken out of jail. Read More »
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Le film est déjà commencé? (1951) Maurice Lemaître
Lemaître is amongst one of the most important and creative artists of the second half of the 20th century. Read More »
Gagarine (2020) Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh, Alseni Bathily, Lyna Khoudri, Jamil McCraven
Yuri fights to save his home town – which he shares with his namesake, Yuri Gagarin – from demolition. Read More »
Lovers, Happy Lovers! AKA Monsieur Ripois (1954) René Clément, Gérard Philipe, Valerie Hobson, Joan Greenwood
From the Louis Hemon novel “M. Ripois and His Nemesis” about Andre Ripois, a philanderer Read More »
Crime and Punishment AKA Crime et châtiment (1935) Pierre Chenal, Harry Baur, Pierre Blanchar, Madeleine Ozeray
Raskolnikov is a Russian man who follows an unusual moral code. Read More »
Time Out for Love AKA Les grandes personnes (1961) Jean Valère, Jean Seberg, Maurice Ronet, Micheline Presle
Abandoned by her lover Philippe, Michèle, a Parisian fashion designer, tries to kill herself. Read More »
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 »