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Eastern Drift (2010) Sharunas Bartas, Klavdiya Korshunova, Erwan Ribard
When drug smuggler Genia is betrayed by his partner, he has no choice but to get help from a Russian mobster. Read More »
Oscar (1967) Édouard Molinaro, Louis de Funès, Claude Rich, Mario David
Trouble, trouble, trouble! It is indeed under the sign of trouble… and of confusion that the crappy day Bertrand Barnier has just gone through will have been placed. Read More »
Back Streets of Paris (1946) Jacques Feyder, Marcel Blistène, Françoise Rosay, Andrée Clément, Simone Signoret
Madame Rose runs a seedy hotel in a suburb of Paris. Strong-minded but without the least moral scruple Read More »
Lumiere (1976) Jeanne Moreau, Lucia Bosé, Francine Racette, Caroline Cartier
Sarah, an actress nearing 40, has invited the woman who has been her best friend for 16 years Read More »
7 Days (2008) Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz, Moshe Ivgy, Yaël Abecassis
When one of the brothers (Ohayn) dies, all the whole family comes for Shiva (Jewish tradition,when the family sits seven days at the home after the death one of their family). Read More »
Carnival in Flanders (1935) Jacques Feyder, Françoise Rosay, André Alerme, Jean Murat
When the village of Boom, in Flanders, learns a Spanish Duke and his troops plan to pass the night Read More »
Law and Disorder (1974) Ivan Passer, Carroll O’Connor, Ernest Borgnine, Ann Wedgeworth
During the 1970s, New York City is plagued by a wave of crimes. Read More »
Gambling Hell (1942) Jean Delannoy, Sessue Hayakawa, Mireille Balin, Henri Guisol
A captain, who has rescued a woman from danger, sails with her to Macao to do an arms deal with the Asian proprietor of a gambling den. Read More »
Coming Home (2012) Frédéric Videau, Agathe Bonitzer, Reda Kateb, Hélène Fillières
The girl Gaëlle Faroult is kidnapped at school when she is about eight by Vincent Maillard Read More »
Traffic (1971) Jacques Tati, Marcel Fraval, Honoré Bostel
At Altra Motors, Mr. Hulot designs an ingenious camper car with lots of clever features. Read More »
Blow to the Heart (1983) Gianni Amelio, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Laura Morante, Sonia Gessner
Emilio, the son of Darius, a left-wing professor, is an introverted teenager who feels jealous of the relationship between his father and alumni. Read More »
Tuesday’s Guest (1950) Jacques Deval, Bernard Blier, Michel Auclair, Madeleine Robinson
Charles is a good husband; he is not handsome but he contents himself with his collection of stamps, his slippers and his crepes. Read More »
Colonel Chabert (1994) Yves Angelo, Gérard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Fabrice Luchini
Colonel Chabert has been severely wounded in the French-Russian Napoleonic war Read More »
Le premier venu (2008) Jacques Doillon, Clémentine Beaugrand, Gérald Thomassin, Guillaume Saurrel
A twenty-year-old woman tries to give some glow and lightness to her life, which she sees as highly lacking, useless, and without the intensity she needs. Read More »