Victor Valance, an absent father who likes to gamble, returns home in order to take money from his family and gamble with it. Read More »
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The Horseman on the Roof AKA Le hussard sur le toit (1995) Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Olivier Martinez, Juliette Binoche, Pierre Arditi
In 1832, cholera ravages Provence (South of France). After several misadventures, Angelo Read More »
Lovers Like Us AKA Le sauvage (1975) Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Yves Montand, Catherine Deneuve, Luigi Vannucchi
Caracas, Venezuela. Just after her engagement to Vittorio, Nelly runs away. Read More »
A Matter of Resistance (1966) Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Catherine Deneuve, Pierre Brasseur, Philippe Noiret
In the countryside near Normandy’s beaches lives Marie, unhappy. Read More »
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Gérard Depardieu, Anne Brochet, Vincent Perez, Comedy, Drama
A dashing officer of the guard and romantic poet, Cyrano de Bergerac is in love with his cousin Roxane without her knowing. His one curse in his life, he feels, is his large nose and although it may have been a forming influence in his rapier-sharp wit, he believes that Roxane will reject him. He resorts to writing letters to her on behalf of one of his cadets, Christian, who is also in love with Roxane but just doesn’t know how to tell her. She falls for the poetic charm of the letters but believes that they were written by Christian.
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