Tina is a young warehousewoman in a supermarket. She is in love with Fred but still lives at her mother Nadine’s. Read More »
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Jules and Jim (1962) François Truffaut, Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre
In Paris, before WWI, two friends, Jules (Austrian) and Jim (French) fall in love with the same woman, Catherine. Read More »
The Two of Us (1967) Claude Berri, Michel Simon, Roger Carel, Paul Préboist
Claude is a Jew. Because of the risks of an arrest (France is occupied by the Nazis), his parents send him away to an elderly couple in the country. Read More »
Earth Light (1970) Guy Gilles, Edwige Feuillère, Annie Girardot, Patrick Jouané
Pierre Brumeu, a twenty-year-old young man, leads a drab life in Paris with his father Read More »
Portrait d’une jeune fille de la fin des années 60 à Bruxelles (1994) Chantal Akerman, Circé Lethem, Julien Rassam, Joëlle Marlier
The main character, Michele, spends the hour discussing her views of life with some old and new friends Read More »
Diary of a Country Priest (1951) Robert Bresson, Claude Laydu, Nicole Ladmiral, Jean Riveyre
In Ambricourt, an idealistic young Priest (Claude Laydu) arrives to be the local parish priest. Read More »
The Officers’ Ward (2001) François Dupeyron, Éric Caravaca, Denis Podalydès, Grégori Derangère
The first days of WWI. Adrien, a young and handsome lieutenant, is wounded by a piece of shrapnel. Read More »
The Black Angel (1994) Jean-Claude Brisseau, Sylvie Vartan, Michel Piccoli, Tchéky Karyo
A visitor comes to the home of Stephane, the wife of an important magistrate. Read More »
Hercules of the Desert (1964) Tanio Boccia, Kirk Morris, Hélène Chanel, Alberto Farnese
A fabulous land of green pastures is protected from invasion by the mysterious Valley of the Thundering Echo. Read More »
In Your Hands (2010) Lola Doillon, Kristin Scott Thomas, Pio Marmaï, Jean-Philippe Écoffey
An act of revenge takes an unexpected turn in this psychological drama from French writer and director Lola Doillon. Read More »
The Waldheim Waltz (2018) Ruth Beckermann, Kurt Waldheim
A biographical drama film about Kurt Josef Waldheim, former UN Secretary General Read More »
The Swimming Pool (1969) Jacques Deray, Alain Delon, Romy Schneider, Maurice Ronet
Lovers Marianne and Jean-Paul spend their vacation in a villa near St.-Tropez. Read More »
Franciscan of Bourges (1968) Claude Autant-Lara, Hardy Krüger, Béatrix Dussane, Jean-Pierre Dorat
Albert is a Franciscan monk and a medical orderly at a monastery in France. Read More »
The Mississippi Gambler (1953) Rudolph Maté, Tyrone Power, Piper Laurie, Julie Adams
Mark Fallon, with partner Kansas John Polly, tries to introduce honest gambling on the riverboats. Read More »
Don Juan (1998) Jacques Weber, Michel Boujenah, Emmanuelle Béart
Spain in the mid-seventeenth century. A series of bloody wars has ravaged the nation. Read More »