Anouk, a fourteen-year-old ninth grader, has to spend a week’s work experience as part of her school curriculum. Read More »
Tag Archives: french
The Black Monocle AKA Le monocle noir (1961) Georges Lautner, Paul Meurisse, Elga Andersen, Bernard Blier
The Marquis de Villemaur reunite stranges visitors in his Castle, to meet a survivor of the 3rd Reich. Read More »
The Grapes of Death AKA Les raisins de la mort (1978) Jean Rollin, Marie-Georges Pascal, Félix Marten, Serge Marquand
A city girl is traveling by train to live with her boyfriend on his vineyard. Read More »
Repeated Absences AKA Absences répétées (1972) Guy Gilles, Danièle Delorme, Nathalie Delon, Patrick Penn
Young man Francois Nole works in a Bank. Often skips a walk, and one day he never comes to work. Read More »
The Girl on the Train AKA La fille du RER (2009) André Téchiné, Émilie Dequenne, Catherine Deneuve, Michel Blanc
Jeanne is a young woman, striking but otherwise without qualities. Read More »
Livid AKA Livide (2011) Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Maury, Chloé Coulloud, Félix Moati, Jérémy Kapone
“It’s young Lucy’s first day as a trainee in-house caregiver. She visits Mrs Jessel, an old woman Read More »
Frequent Death AKA Fréquence meurtre (1988) Élisabeth Rappeneau, Catherine Deneuve, André Dussollier, Martin Lamotte
Jeanne Quester is a two-bit psychologist-on-the-airwaves in a two-bit radio station. Read More »
Les Apaches AKA Apaches (2013) Thierry de Peretti, François-Joseph Cullioli, Aziz El Hadachi, Hamza Meziani
While thousands of tourists invade the beaches, camping grounds and clubs, five teenagers from Porto Vecchio hang out. Read More »
Rosa la rose, fille publique (1986) Paul Vecchiali, Marianne Basler, Jean Sorel, Pierre Cosso
Rosa la Rose is a Parisian hooker who works in Les Halles area. Read More »
Young Ahmed AKA Le jeune Ahmed (2019) Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Idir Ben Addi, Olivier Bonnaud, Myriem Akheddiou
A Belgian teenager hatches a plot to kill his teacher after embracing an extremist interpretation of the Quran. Read More »
Carrot Top AKA Poil de carotte (1925) Julien Duvivier, Henry Krauss, Charlotte Barbier-Krauss, André Heuzé
François’ mother, Mme Lepic, hates him and she nicknames him “Poil de Carotte” (Carrot hair). Read More »
Odette Toulemonde (2006) Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, Catherine Frot, Albert Dupontel, Jacques Weber
Odette dreams of thanking Balthazar Balsan, her favorite writer, for the optimism which she believes emanates from him. Read More »
The Widow Couderc AKA La veuve Couderc (1971) Pierre Granier-Deferre, Alain Delon, Simone Signoret, Ottavia Piccolo
Her youth has been spent working for a farm family, being raped by father and son Read More »
La grande vadrouille (1966) Gérard Oury, Bourvil, Louis de Funès, Claudio Brook
A RAF Bomber is shot down over Paris by the Germans. Its crew (Terry Thomas as a flight captain) land there by parachute. Read More »
Maigret Sets a Trap AKA Maigret tend un piège (1958) Jean Delannoy, Jean Gabin, Annie Girardot, Olivier Hussenot
For some time now, women coming home at night have been savagely murdered by a mysterious serial killer. Read More »