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Genet à Chatila (1999) Richard Dindo, Mounia Raoui, Leila Shahid, Jean-François Stévenin
A documentary about the French writer Jean Genet and his relations with the Palestinian revolution. Read More »
The Mouth Agape AKA La gueule ouverte (1974) Maurice Pialat, Nathalie Baye, Hubert Deschamps, Philippe Léotard
Monique is dying. Around her gather her unfaithful husband, her son, who is like his father Read More »
C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005) Jean-Marc Vallée, Michel Côté, Marc-André Grondin, Danielle Proulx
Born Christmas Day 1960, Zac Beaulieu is the fourth of five sons of Gervais and Laurianne Beaulieu. Read More »
La chinoise (1967) Jean-Luc Godard, Anne Wiazemsky, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Juliet Berto
A small group of French students are studying Mao, trying to find out their position Read More »
Justin of Marseille (1935) Maurice Tourneur, Antonin Berval, Pierre Larquey, Alexandre Rignault
At the head of a gang of drug traffickers, Justin, has in principle left to tread. Read More »
Miracle of the Wolves AKA Le miracle des loups (1924) Raymond Bernard, Vanni Marcoux, Charles Dullin, Yvonne Sergyl
King Louis XI tries to unify France by all means fair or foul Read More »
King Solomon’s Mines (1950) Compton Bennett, Andrew Marton, Deborah Kerr, Stewart Granger, Richard Carlson
Guide Allan Quatermain helps a young lady (Beth) find her lost husband somewhere in Africa. Read More »
Pillaged AKA Mise à sac (1967) Alain Cavalier, Michel Constantin, Daniel Ivernel, Franco Interlenghi
Edgar, the former accountant of the Martens factory, organizes a daring heist in Servage, a small town in the French Alps. Read More »
The Gates of Paris AKA Porte des Lilas (1957) René Clair, Pierre Brasseur, Georges Brassens, Henri Vidal
Juju, a drunken oaf who feels the need of being important to someone—anyone—and his friend, an artist Read More »
La Très Très Grande Entreprise (2008) Pierre Jolivet, Roschdy Zem, Marie Gillain, Jean-Paul Rouve
Zak, Mélanie, Denis et Kevin ont tout perdu au moment où le lac qui les faisait vivre a subi une importante pollution. Read More »
My Wife Is an Actress AKA Ma femme est une actrice (2001) Yvan Attal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Terence Stamp
Paris can boast a population of 2,125,246. Of these 1,153,000 are women and 10,000 are actresses. Read More »
Lautrec (1998) Roger Planchon, Régis Royer, Elsa Zylberstein, Anémone
Life, passion, love…all these were part of Toulouse-Lautrec’s art. Read More »
The Sicilian Clan AKA Le clan des Siciliens (1969) Henri Verneuil, Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Lino Ventura
A young, ambitious mobster plans an elaborate diamond heist while seducing Read More »
Simon Werner a disparu… AKA Lights Out (2010) Fabrice Gobert, Jules Pélissier, Ana Girardot, Audrey Bastien
March 1992, in a small town in the suburbs of Paris. During an alcohol fueled party, teenagers discover a body hidden in the bushes of a forest. Read More »