A group of ex-resistance fighters are brought together by Marie-Octobre, the code name of Marie-Helene Dumoulin (Danielle Darrieux). Read More »
Tag Archives: France
Happiness Is in the Field / Le bonheur est dans le pré (1995) Étienne Chatiliez, Michel Serrault, Eddy Mitchell, Sabine Azéma
Francis, the boss of a small plumbing supply company, is harassed by tax collectors Read More »
Rock’n Roll (2017) Guillaume Canet, Marion Cotillard, Gilles Lellouche
Guillaume Canet is told by a young co-star that he’s no longer Rock’n’ Roll Read More »
Sword of Gideon (1986) Michael Anderson, Steven Bauer, Michael York, Robert Joy
Chronicles a Mossad team hand picked to hunt down the terrorists Read More »
Jaguar (1967) Jean Rouch, Damouré Zika, Lam Ibrahim Dia, Illo Gaoudel
The adventures of three young men who leave their homeland Savannah, Niger, and go looking for fortune in Ghana. Read More »
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 »