Espionage, war and romance in the Far East in 1904: Russian naval officer Boris Ranewsky Read More »
Tag Archives: french
Spring Blossom AKA Seize printemps (2020) Suzanne Lindon, Arnaud Valois, Frédéric Pierrot
Suzanne is sixteen. She is bored with people her own age. Read More »
Good Enough to Eat AKA Une fille à croquer (1951) Raoul André, Gaby Morlay, Serge Reggiani, Louise Carletti
Rose Chaperon is asked by her confectioner mother Mathilde to bring jewels Read More »
Beauty and the Beast AKA La belle et la bête (1946) Jean Cocteau, René Clément, Jean Marais, Josette Day, Mila Parély
Adélaïde, Belle, Félicie and Ludovic are young adult siblings who once lived in grandeur Read More »
Roads to the South AKA Les routes du sud (1978) Joseph Losey, Yves Montand, Miou-Miou, Laurent Malet
Fathers and sons, and political exile. In the fall of 1975, Franco is dying but repression continues. Read More »
Twilight AKA Félicie Nanteuil (1944) Marc Allégret, Claude Dauphin, Micheline Presle, Louis Jourdan
La Belle Epoque: Cavalier, a second-rate actor, discovers a gorgeous talented Read More »
Zaza (1956) René Gaveau, Lilo, Maurice Teynac, Robert Dalban
Paris 1900. During the Belle Époque, Zaza, a young music hall artist Read More »
The Eagle with Two Heads AKA L’aigle à deux têtes (1948) Jean Cocteau, Edwige Feuillère, Silvia Monfort, Jean Marais
Political intrigue and psychological drama run parallel. Read More »
You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet AKA Vous n’avez encore rien vu (2012) Alain Resnais, Mathieu Amalric, Pierre Arditi, Sabine Azéma
From beyond the grave, celebrated playwright Antoine d’Anthac gathers together Read More »
Orpheus (1950) Jean Cocteau, Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares
Orphee is a poet who becomes obsessed with Death (the Princess). Read More »
Choice of Arms AKA Le choix des armes (1981) Alain Corneau, Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Catherine Deneuve
Two men break out of prison; a rival gang ambushes them. One is mortally wounded and tells the other, Mickey Read More »
Strange Fate AKA Étrange destin (1946) Louis Cuny, Renée Saint-Cyr, Aimé Clariond, Henri Vidal
Patrica is the wife of Alain de Saulieu, a handsome engineer. Read More »
Coup de chance (2023) Woody Allen, Lou de Laâge, Niels Schneider, Anna Laik
Fanny and Jean have everything of the ideal couple: fulfilled in their professional life Read More »
The Wages Of Fear AKA Le salaire de la peur (1953) Henri-Georges Clouzot, Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck
In a squalid South American oil town, four desperate men sign on for a suicide mission Read More »
Chimney No. 4 AKA La voleuse (1966) Jean Chapot, Romy Schneider, Michel Piccoli, Hans Christian Blech
Julia (Romy Schneider) gave away her infant son to a foster couple Read More »