The meeting of a marginal cop and a rootless mixed-race woman led Read More »
Tag Archives: France
Law of Survival / La loi du survivant (1967) José Giovanni, Michel Constantin, Alexandra Stewart, Roger Blin
In 1960, Stan, the protagonist, after having made a fortune in Asia, returns to Corsica, to visit a friend’s tomb. Read More »
The Nights of Cabiria / Le notti di Cabiria (1957) Federico Fellini, Giulietta Masina, François Périer, Franca Marzi
Cabiria is a wide-eyed waif, a streetwalker living in a poor section of Rome Read More »
Goodbye Bafana (2007) Bille August, Joseph Fiennes, Dennis Haysbert, Diane Kruger
James Gregory once lived in a farm and had befriended a native youth, Bafana, and had even had a photograph taken with him. Read More »
Super Mario Bros. (1993) Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton, Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper
Two Brooklyn plumbers, Mario and Luigi, must travel to another dimension Read More »
A Man in Love / Un homme amoureux (1987) Diane Kurys, Peter Coyote, Greta Scacchi, Jamie Lee Curtis
An American film-star and an unknown British actress meet on set in Rome. Read More »
The Jackpot! / La totale ! (1991) Claude Zidi, Thierry Lhermitte, Miou-Miou, Eddy Mitchell
A secret agent uses his professional skills for tracking his family Read More »
Kisses Till Monday / Bons baisers… à lundi (1974) Michel Audiard, Jean Carmet, Bernard Blier, Maria Pacôme
Three thieves, Henri-Pierre, Bob and Dimitri decide to take on Frankie Strong, a wealthy businessman. Read More »
Nissim dit Max (2004) Pierre Léon, Vladimir Léon, Jacques Rossi, Marina Vlady
Two brothers ask their father about his communist years, then their mother, and sister. Read More »
Caligula Reincarnated As Nero / Nerone e Poppea (1982) Bruno Mattei, Antonio Passalia, Piotr Stanislas, Françoise Blanchard, Patricia Derek
History tells us that Nero was the Emperor who fiddled while Rome burned. Read More »