An extremely captivating movie on how a little girl copes with her mother’s death. Read More »
Tag Archives: french
Faubourg St Martin (1986) Jean-Claude Guiguet, Patachou, Françoise Fabian, Marie Rousseau
Imagine a slightly dilapidated three star hotel in the tenth arrondissement run Read More »
The Theatre of the Matters AKA Le théâtre des matières (1977) Jean-Claude Biette, Sonia Saviange, Howard Vernon, Philippe Chemin
In the suburbs of Paris, Hermann, former musician of the Berlin orchestra Read More »
Eden Is West AKA Eden à l’Ouest (2009) Costa-Gavras, Riccardo Scamarcio, Odysseas Papaspiliopoulos, Léa Wiazemsky
A drama centered around the illegal immigrants living in the EU. Read More »
Fantastic Planet AKA La planète sauvage (1973) René Laloux, Barry Bostwick, Jennifer Drake, Eric Baugin
Slaves and masters dominate the narrative of the faraway world of Ygam. Read More »
The Hole AKA Le Trou (1960) Jacques Becker, André Bervil, Jean Keraudy, Michel Constantin
Just as four cell-mates are about to launch their elaborate escape from a tiny cell Read More »
Mistress of the World AKA Les mystères d’Angkor (1960) William Dieterle, Richard Angst, Martha Hyer, Micheline Presle, Carlos Thompson
Professor Johansson has made a huge scientific breakthrough Read More »
Mazeppa (1993) Bartabas, Miguel Bosé, Brigitte Marty
Based on Lord Byron’s poem “Mazeppa” from 1819 and revolving around the painter Théodore Géticault Read More »
Seule, Georgie (1995) Otar Iosseliani, Documentary
The dreadful warfare in Chechnya, a neighbor of Georgia, provides a unique poignancy into Otar Iosseliani’s intriguing Read More »
The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) Josée Dayan, Gérard Depardieu, Ornella Muti, Jean Rochefort
A TV mini-series adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Read More »
Don’t Touch the White Woman! AKA Touche pas à la femme blanche (1974) Marco Ferreri, Marcello Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Michel Piccoli
Director Mario Fererri reenacts the events leading up to the Battle of the Little Big Horn in this wild Read More »
The African AKA L’Africain (1983) Philippe de Broca, Catherine Deneuve, Philippe Noiret, Jean-François Balmer
A travel agent travels to Africa intending to start a resort hotel only to encounter her crusty ex-husband and ivory smugglers. Read More »
Parking (1985) Jacques Demy, Francis Huster, Laurent Malet, Keiko Itô
This film is an update of Jean Cocteau’s Orpheus, set in the world of 1980s rock. Read More »
Cry of the Heart AKA Le cri du coeur (1974) Claude Lallemand, Stéphane Audran, Maurice Ronet, Delphine Seyrig
Cry of the Heart is a passionate story about love, hate, and forgiveness. Read More »
The Story of a Three-Day Pass AKA La permission (1968) Melvin Van Peebles, Harry Baird, Pierre Doris, Christian Marin
A tale of innocence abroad, with racial overtones. Turner is a Black American, stationed at an air base in France. Read More »