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Tag Archives: France
How I Killed My Father / Comment j’ai tué mon père (2001) Anne Fontaine, Michel Bouquet, Charles Berling, Natacha Régnier
Jean-Luc is an established gerontologist who can do no wrong; he runs a private clinic Read More »
Henri 4 / Henry of Navarre (2010) Jo Baier, Julien Boisselier, Joachim Król, Andreas Schmidt
A wide-ranging, energetic period piece tracing the rise of the Protestant Henry of Navarre Read More »
A Woman Kills / La femme bourreau (1968) Jean-Denis Bonan, Claude Merlin, Solange Pradel, Myriam Mézières
Paris, in the 1960s. A series of crimes troubles the public tranquility. Read More »
Golem, the Spirit of the Exile / Golem, l’esprit de l’exil (1992) Amos Gitai, Hanna Schygulla, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Ophrah Shemesh
An allegory of the Golem, a Jewish mythical creature personifying displacement Read More »
The Corrupt / Symphonie pour un massacre (1963) Jacques Deray, Michel Auclair, Claude Dauphin, José Giovanni
Five men collaborate to buy drugs, but one steals the money and all the rest are killed as they make mistakes. Read More »
The Fair / Kirmes (1960) Wolfgang Staudte, Juliette Mayniel, Götz George, Hans Mahnke
At the end of WWII a soldier who had often been ordered to execute women Read More »
I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone / Hei yan quan (2006) Ming-liang Tsai, Kang-sheng Lee, Shiang-chyi Chen, Norman Atun
Forest fires burn in Sumatra; a smoke covers Kuala Lumpur. Read More »
Oh, Sun / Soleil Ô (1967) Med Hondo, Robert Liensol, Théo Légitimus, Gabriel Glissant
A native of Mauritania is delighted when he is chosen to work in Paris. Read More »
The President / Le président (1961) Henri Verneuil, Jean Gabin, Bernard Blier, Renée Faure
At 73, France’s ex-president, Emile Beaufort, faces declining health Read More »