
June 1940. German troops are advancing on Paris. Odile, a widowed teacher, succumbs Read More »
Tag Archives: France
The Prey of the Wind / La proie du vent (1927) René Clair, Sandra Milovanoff, Lillian Hall-Davis, Jean Murat

An early aviator crash lands in a remote European country where he falls in love with a beautiful woman. Read More »
Mixed Blood (1984) Paul Morrissey, Marília Pêra, Richard Ulacia, Linda Kerridge

Brazilian drug dealers in Manhattan’s Lower East Side start a war with Read More »
Rumble Fish (1983) Francis Ford Coppola, Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Diane Lane

Rusty James is the leader of a small, dying gang in an industrial town. Read More »
Hotel America / Hôtel des Amériques (1981) André Téchiné, Catherine Deneuve, Patrick Dewaere, Etienne Chicot

Hélène, a distracted pill-popping anesthetist, almost runs down Gilles Read More »
Il vecchio testamento (1962) Gianfranco Parolini

The Jews of Jerusalem are driven out by their Syrian rulers. Read More »
Not Here to Be Loved / Je ne suis pas là pour être aimé (2005) Stéphane Brizé, Patrick Chesnais, Anne Consigny, Georges Wilson

The fifty years old Jean-Claude has a boring life, working in a notary office Read More »
It Happened at the Inn / Goupi mains rouges (1943) Jacques Becker, Fernand Ledoux, Georges Rollin, Blanchette Brunoy

In a french lost village an old woman is killed and her savings stolen. Read More »
The Warrior (2001) Asif Kapadia, Irrfan Khan, Puru Chibber, Aino Annuddin

Circa feudal India in the State of Rajasthan is a desert region that is ruled over by a cruel and sadistic Lord Read More »
The Horseman on the Roof / Le hussard sur le toit (1995) Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Olivier Martinez, Juliette Binoche, Pierre Arditi

In 1832, cholera ravages Provence (South of France). After several misadventures, Angelo Read More »