
In occupied Paris, an actress married to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Germans while doing both of their jobs. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
Forbidden Games (1952) René Clément, Georges Poujouly, Brigitte Fossey, Amédée

A girl of perhaps five or six is orphaned in an air raid while fleeing a French city with her parents early in World War II. Read More »
The Wild, Wild World of Jayne Mansfield (1968) Charles W. Broun Jr., Joel Holt, Jayne Mansfield, Rocky Roberts, Lino Enner

Jayne takes us on a review of her last world tour. She takes us through Rome, shares a fantasy about Roman athletes, and then is off to Cannes. Read More »
Il faut vivre dangereusement (1975) Claude Makovski, Nelly Kaplan, Annie Girardot, Claude Brasseur, Sydne Rome

A private detective and former police officer gets an investigation that turns out to be rather complicated. Read More »
Cours après moi… que je t’attrape (1976) Robert Pouret, Annie Girardot, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Geneviève Fontanel

A misogynistic tax collector and a dog clipper shearer meet through a marriage advertisement. Read More »
Le rouge est mis / Speaking of Murder (1957) Gilles Grangier, Jean Gabin, Paul Frankeur, Marcel Bozzuffi

Louis Bertain, a respectable garage owner by day, is the head of a band of notorious crooks by night. Read More »
Sans mobile apparent / Without Apparent Motive (1971) Philippe Labro, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Dominique Sanda, Sacha Distel

A serie of murders is comitted in Nice on the French riviera. The commissaire Carella is in charge and tries to find a missing link between all these murders. Read More »
The Night of the Generals (1967) Anatole Litvak, Peter O’Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay

In 1942, in Warsaw, a Polish prostitute is murdered in a sadistic way. Read More »
Passi d’amore / Steps of Love (1990) Sergio Sollima, Alessandra Martines, Daniel Olbrychski, Jean Dalric

The story revolves around Elisa, a young talented ballet dancer. After an unjust accusation at her school, she has to stop her studies. Read More »
The Night Porter (1974) Liliana Cavani, Dirk Bogarde, Charlotte Rampling, Philippe Leroy

A concentration camp survivor rekindles her sadomasochistic relationship with an ex-SS officer Read More »