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Tag Archives: France
The Fourth Power / Le 4ème pouvoir (1985) Serge Leroy, Philippe Noiret, Nicole Garcia, Roland Blanche

He, Yves Dorget, is a major reporter in a daily newspaper. She, Catherine Carré, is a TV news anchor. Read More »
Chronopolis (1982) Piotr Kamler, Michael Lonsdale

Weary immortals inhabit a metropolis in the sky and amuse themselves Read More »
Place de la République (1974) Louis Malle

Vibrant scenes of individuals’ daily life are filmed in Place de la République. Read More »
Sodom and Gomorrah (1962) Robert Aldrich, Stewart Granger, Pier Angeli, Stanley Baker

Sex, torture and betrayal in Biblical Sodom and Gomorrah. Lot, leader of the Hebrews Read More »
The War Is Over / Après la guerre (1989) Jean-Loup Hubert, Richard Bohringer, Antoine Hubert, Julien Hubert

The film is set in France in August 1944 at the end of the war. German troops are in retreat as the allies are coming in. Read More »
Champagne for Savages (1964) Le repas des fauves

Set in World War Two occupied France. Several people gather at a house to celebrate a woman’s birthday. Read More »
Roses on Credit / Roses à crédit (2010) Amos Gitai, Léa Seydoux, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Catherine Jacob

A young couple marry in France in the 1940s and the film follows the arc of their marriage over the next decade. Read More »
The Innocents / De uskyldige (2021) Eskil Vogt, Rakel Lenora Petersen Fløttum, Alva Brynsmo Ramstad, Sam Ashraf

Four children become friends during the summer holidays, and out of sight Read More »
Deterrence (1999) Rod Lurie, Kevin Pollak, Timothy Hutton, Sheryl Lee Ralph

After the death of the President, his successor is on the campaign trail to be re-elected. Read More »