It’s late 17th century. The viola da gamba player Monsieur de Sainte Colombe comes home to find that his wife died while he was away. Read More »
Tag Archives: french
Curling (2010) Denis Côté, Emmanuel Bilodeau, Philomène Bilodeau, Roc LaFortune
Set on the fringe of society, in a remote part of the countryside Read More »
Stormy Weather (2003) Sólveig Anspach, Élodie Bouchez, Didda Jónsdóttir, Baltasar Kormákur
A very sad but genuinely human story. The middle-aged Icelandic woman Loa is seriously mentally ill. Read More »
Cyrano et d’Artagnan (1964) Abel Gance, José Ferrer, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Sylva Koscina
Duelist and poet Cyrano de Bergerac and musketeer d’Artagnan meet and team up to stop the conspiracy against King Louis XIII of France. Read More »
The Unvanquished (1964) Alain Cavalier, Alain Delon, Lea Massari, Georges Géret
1961. Luxemburger Thomas Vlassenroot deserted the French Foreign Legion during the Algiers Putsch. Read More »
The Missionary (1982) Richard Loncraine, Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Trevor Howard
In 1905, after 10 years of missionary work in Africa, the Rev. Charles Fortesque is recalled to England Read More »
We Won’t Grow Old Together (1972) Maurice Pialat, Marlène Jobert, Jean Yanne, Christine Fabréga
Jean has been married to Francoise for years, but his relationship with his wife has been all but over for a long time. Read More »
Consider All Risks (1960) Claude Sautet, Lino Ventura, Sandra Milo, Jean-Paul Belmondo
Abel Davos is a criminal, hunted in Italy. The police are closing in, so he and his pal Raymond arrange to flee back to France Read More »
Shadowman (1974) Georges Franju, Gayle Hunnicutt, Jacques Champreux, Josephine Chaplin
The butler of the writer Maxime de Borrego goes to the store of an old lady Read More »
A Young Poet (2014) Damien Manivel, Rémi Taffanel, Léonore Fernandes, Enzo Vassallo
Barely out of his teens, Rémi dreams of becoming a poet and thrilling the world with his powerful and unforgettable verse. Read More »
Naked Childhood (1968) Maurice Pialat, Michel Terrazon, Linda Gutenberg, Raoul Billerey
A ten-year-old boy feels unwanted when his mother places him in a home for wayward children. Read More »
To Our Loves (1983) Maurice Pialat, Sandrine Bonnaire, Christophe Odent
Suzanne is sixteen and is having sex with many boys, just for fun, but did not manage to really love one of them. Read More »
Savage Nights (1992) Cyril Collard, Romane Bohringer, Carlos López, Biography
Jean is young, gay, and promiscuous. Only after he meets one or two women, including Laura does he come to realize his bisexuality. Read More »
Gun Shy Piluk (1968) Guido Celano, Edmund Purdom, Peter Holden, Micaela Pignatelli
A sheriff is killed by the leader of the local bad guys, and the father of the sheriff is not to pleased. Read More »
Girlhood (2014) Céline Sciamma, Karidja Touré, Assa Sylla, Lindsay Karamoh
Oppressed by her family setting, dead-end school prospects and the boys law in the neighborhood Read More »