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Tag Archives: France
The Taste of Others / Le goût des autres (2000) Agnès Jaoui, Anne Alvaro, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Alain Chabat
Three men, three women, opposites, possibilities, and tastes. Castella owns a industrial steel barrel plant in Rouen Read More »
Ways of Love / Jofroi (1933) Marcel Pagnol, Vincent Scotto, Henri Poupon, Annie Toinon
In a country town of Provence, a landowner threatens to kill himself after Read More »
Skin of Man, Heart of Beast / Peau d’homme coeur de bête (1999) Hélène Angel, Serge Riaboukine, Bernard Blancan, Pascal Cervo
Its the story of a guy who returns to his family after being gone for fifteen years. Read More »
Eyes Wide Open / Einaym Pkuhot (2009) Haim Tabakman, Zohar Shtrauss, Ran Danker, Tinkerbell
Aaron (Zohar Shtrauss), a respected butcher and a family man in an Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Read More »
The Flesh of the Orchid / La chair de l’orchidée (1975) Patrice Chéreau, Charlotte Rampling, Bruno Cremer, Edwige Feuillère
A disturbed young woman is kept prisoner in a castle by her aunt for her money. Read More »
The Enemy (2001) Tom Kinninmont, Luke Perry, Olivia d’Abo, Roger Moore
A C.I.A. Agent and a geneticist battle to keep a deadly biological weapon Read More »
The Smugglers / Les Contrebandières (1968) Luc Moullet, Françoise Vatel, Monique Thiriet, Johnny Monteilhet
Two young women leave the claustrophobic existence of the big city behind and move to a small border town. Read More »
A Girl Cut in Two / La fille coupée en deux (2007) Claude Chabrol, Ludivine Sagnier, Benoît Magimel, François Berléand
Gabrielle is a young woman with a future: she’s the weather girl on a local TV station Read More »
In the Name of the Law / Au nom de la loi (1932) Maurice Tourneur, Marcelle Chantal, Régine Dancourt, Gabriel Gabrio
A policeman is killed when he tries to investigate a case involving cocaine traffic. Read More »