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Accused, Stand Up! / Accusée… levez-vous! (1930) Maurice Tourneur, Gaby Morlay, Suzanne Delvé, Camille Bert
Paris, 30’s declared professional rivalry between two stars of the musical, Yvonne and Gaby leads to dire consequences. Read More »
Les baisers (1964) Claude Berri, Charles L. Bitsch, Jean-François Hauduroy, Marie-France Boyer, Catherine Sola, Charles Sébrien
A portmanteau film in which the producer, instead of as usual using already Read More »
Chasing Sleep (2000) Michael Walker
Via Tubitv on the Roku; Jeff Daniels (Traitor) plays a man left devastated by the sudden Read More »
The Birds, the Bees and the Italians / Signore & signori (1965) Pietro Germi, Virna Lisi, Gastone Moschin, Alberto Lionello
A citizen of the Veneto in her sixties. Three stories of “love in the country” Read More »
Almost Peaceful / Un monde presque paisible (2002) Michel Deville, Simon Abkarian, Zabou Breitman, Vincent Elbaz
Jewish tailor Albert (Abkarian) and his wife Lea (Breitman) are reestablishing their business in 1946 Paris. Read More »
The Women on the 6th Floor / Les femmes du 6e étage (2010) Philippe Le Guay, Fabrice Luchini, Sandrine Kiberlain, Natalia Verbeke
Paris, in the early 1960s. Jean-Louis Joubert is a serious but uptight stockbroker Read More »
The Dominici Affair / L’affaire Dominici (1973) Claude Bernard-Aubert, Jeanne Allard, Max Amyl, Michel Bertay
This film explores the ins and outs of the Dominici Affair that made the headlines back in 1952. Read More »
Beloved Clara / Geliebte Clara (2008) Helma Sanders-Brahms, Martina Gedeck, Pascal Greggory, Malik Zidi
A look at the lives of 19th-century composers Clara and Robert Schumann. Read More »
The Good Heart (2009) Dagur Kári, Paul Dano, Brian Cox, Bill Buell
After a suicide attempt, Lucas, a young homeless man in New York City, is taken in by Jacques Read More »