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Tag Archives: France
The People of France / La vie est à nous (1936) Jacques Becker, Jacques B. Brunius, Jean Dasté, Simone Guisin

A propaganda film of the communist party of France, showing who the comrades Read More »
Cosmos (2015) Andrzej Zulawski, Sabine Azéma, Jean-François Balmer, Jonathan Genet

Witold just failed his law-school exams and Fuchs has just quit his job at a Parisian fashion company. Read More »
Boris Godounov (1989) Andrzej Zulawski, Ruggero Raimondi, Kenneth Riegel, Pavel Slabý

The film is based on the musical recording of the famous opera by Modest Mussorgsky about the tragic events surrounding Read More »
Muhammad Ali, the Greatest (1969) William Klein, Muhammad Ali, Sonny Liston, Angelo Dundee

He’s the greatest fighter of all time. A sports icon that is loved throughout the world. Read More »
Arabian Nights / Il fiore delle mille e una notte (1974) Pier Paolo Pasolini, Ninetto Davoli, Franco Citti, Franco Merli

In this film inspired by the ancient erotic and mysterious tales of the Middle East Read More »
Happy hoboes / Due pezzi di pane (1979) Sergio Citti, Vittorio Gassman, Philippe Noiret, Gigi Proietti

Two minstrels singing for their supper in Rome discover they’ve both been lovers to the same woman Read More »
Birgit Haas Must Be Killed / Il faut tuer Birgitt Haas (1981) Laurent Heynemann, Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Lisa Kreuzer

“Hangar” is a new agency whose purpose is to carry out missions even too sensitive for the police or intelligence services. Read More »
Barracuda (1997) Philippe Haïm, Jean Rochefort, Guillaume Canet, Claire Keim

A mad but cunning old man imprisons a young man in his apartment to be his friend. Read More »
White Fang / Zanna Bianca (1973) Lucio Fulci, Franco Nero, Virna Lisi, Fernando Rey

Set in 1896 in the Klondike region of Yukon, Canada follows the adventures of White Fang Read More »