A man eager to learn Spanish gets an education he wasn’t expecting in this comedy drama. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
The Sword of El Cid / La spada del Cid (1962)
The ruler of Catalonia is killed by his scheming twin brother, who then takes over the throne. Read More »
Lucky Luciano (1973) Francesco Rosi, Gian Maria Volontè, Vincent Gardenia, Silverio Blasi
Director Francesco Rosi returns to his recurring theme of the connections between legal Read More »
Marcel Proust’s Time Regained / Le temps retrouvé d’après l’oeuvre de Marcel Proust (1999) Raoul Ruiz, Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Béart, Vincent Perez
Marcel Proust (1871-1922) is on his deathbed. Looking at photographs brings memories of his childhood Read More »
Hitch-Hike / Les petits matins (1962) Jacqueline Audry, Darry Cowl, Pierre Mondy, Lino Ventura
Agathe, a sweet hitch-hiker, is en route to the Riviera. Read More »
The Restless and the Damned / L’ambitieuse (1959) Yves Allégret, Edmond O’Brien, Richard Basehart, Andréa Parisy
Set in French Polynesia, a man trades his old life for one in the Pacific. Read More »
Le solitaire passe à l’attaque (1966) Ralph Habib, Roger Hanin, Jean Lefebvre, Sophie Agacinski
Frank Norman, aka The Solitaire, is in charge of a mission as Secret Service As. Read More »
Shéhérazade (2018) Jean-Bernard Marlin, Dylan Robert, Kenza Fortas, Idir Azougli
Zachary, 17 years old, gets out of jail. Rejected by his mother Read More »
Tropical Malady / Sud pralad (2004) Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Banlop Lomnoi, Sakda Kaewbuadee, Huai Dessom
A romance between a soldier and a country boy, wrapped around Read More »
Borsalino and Co. (1974) Jacques Deray, Alain Delon, Riccardo Cucciolla, Daniel Ivernel
Marseille. Heaps of flowers and funeral wreaths… “A man who no longer defends his colors is no longer a man.” Read More »