In Paris, scoundrel mates Paolo and Antoine Venturen hope to get rich quick by asking ransom fro rich Mr. Jumelin’s preteen son Eric. Read More »
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As Long As You’re Healthy AKA Tant qu’on a la santé (1966) Pierre Étaix, Denise Péronne, Simone Fonder
This anthology film from Étaix’s peak period presents four comic episodes Read More »
Taxi for Tobruk AKA Un taxi pour Tobrouk (1961) Denys de La Patellière, Hardy Krüger, Lino Ventura, Maurice Biraud
During World War II, French Commandos join forces with a German officer in order to survive the African desert. Read More »
The Marriage of Chiffon AKA Le mariage de Chiffon (1942) Claude Autant-Lara, Odette Joyeux, André Luguet, Jacques Dumesnil
Odette Joyeux plays an eccentric young aristocrat called “Chiffon”, who is struggling to comply with the social conventions of the community. Read More »
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly AKA Le scaphandre et le papillon (2007) Julian Schnabel, Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze
Forty-three year old Elle magazine editor Jean-Dominique Bauby – Jean-Do to his friends – awakens not knowing where he is. Read More »
Blue Tornado (1991) Antonio Bido, Dirk Benedict, Ted McGinley, Patsy Kensit
While experimenting with a new flight maneuver, Colonel Alex Long and Phil encounter a mysterious light over a mountain range. Read More »
Angel Dust AKA Poussière d’ange (1987) Edouard Niermans, Bernard Giraudeau, Fanny Bastien, Fanny Cottençon
A tired and alcoholic police investigator has lost his wife to a hotel owner Read More »
Face AKA Visage (2009) Ming-liang Tsai, Kang-sheng Lee, Yi-Ching Lu, Fanny Ardant
Hsiao-Kang, a Taiwanese film director, travels to the Louvre in Paris, France, to shoot a film that explores the Salomé myth. Read More »
Children of Paradise AKA Les enfants du paradis (1945) Marcel Carné, Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur
Strolling indolently around the 1830s vibrant Parisian avenue called the Boulevard du Crime Read More »
Gervaise (1956) René Clément, Maria Schell, François Périer, Jany Holt
An adaptation of Émile Zola’s 1877 masterpiece L’assommoir, the film is an uncompromising depiction Read More »
Les misérables (1934) Raymond Bernard, Harry Baur, Charles Vanel, Paul Azaïs
The lives of numerous people over the course of 20 years in 19th century France Read More »
The Exchange Student AKA Les grandes vacances (1967) Jean Girault, Louis de Funès, Ferdy Mayne, Martine Kelly
Charles Bosquier, a role apparently written for French comedy superstar Louis de Funès, is the dictatorial headmaster of a French strict boarding school. Read More »
The Graduation AKA Le concours (2016) Claire Simon, Alain Bergala, Xanaë Bove, Emmanuel Chaumet
With LE CONCOURS the director will delve into the daily life of the Parisian cinema school Read More »
Faces of Children AKA Visages d’enfants (1925) Jacques Feyder, Jean Forest, Victor Vina, Pierrette Houyez
A man whose wife has died remarries, and his new wife has a daughter of her own from a previous marriage. Read More »
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel AKA Beaumarchais l’insolent (1996) Édouard Molinaro, Fabrice Luchini, Sandrine Kiberlain, Manuel Blanc, Michel Aumont
The life story of the titular Beaumarchais (Fabrice Luchini), playwright and adventurer Read More »