Deserted by his father, and dislocated by the Second World War, Paul is a boy Read More »
Tag Archives: France
Mr. Poirier’s Son-in-Law / Le gendre de Monsieur Poirier (1933) Marcel Pagnol, Léon Bernard, Annie Ducaux, Jean Debucourt
This is the story of a wealthy bourgeois who marries his only child, a daughter Read More »
Jean de Florette (1986) Claude Berri, Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil
A greedy landowner and his backward nephew conspire to block the only water source Read More »
I Want to See / Je veux voir (2008) Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige, Catherine Deneuve, Brigitte Curmi, Joseph Silva
July 2006. Another war breaks out in Lebanon. The directors decide to follow a movie star Read More »
Voir la mer (2011) Patrice Leconte, Nicolas Giraud, Clément Sibony, Pauline Lefèvre
Two young brothers Nicolas and Clement decide to spend their summer holidays Read More »
The House of Mirth (2000) Terence Davies, Gillian Anderson, Dan Aykroyd, Eleanor Bron
Terence Davies’ The House of Mirth is a tragic love story set against a background Read More »
A Taste of Death / Quanto costa morire (1968) Sergio Merolle, Andrea Giordana, John Ireland, Raymond Pellegrin
Scaife, the sadistic leader of a gang of cattle thieves, terrorizes the people Read More »
Kini and Adams (1997) Idrissa Ouedraogo, Vusi Kunene, David Mohloki, Nthati Moshesh
Kini and Adams are two friends leaving in a Zimbabwe village Read More »
Stranded! The Andes Plane Crash Survivors (2007) Gonzalo Arijon, Jose Algorta, Roberto Canessa, Alfredo Delgado
For the first time ever, survivors of the famous 1972 Andes plane crash tell in their own words their harrowing story of survival. Read More »
My Man / Mon homme (1996) Bertrand Blier, Anouk Grinberg, Gérard Lanvin, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
In Lyon, where many are unemployed, Marie is a prostitute who loves her work Read More »