Piaf plays an aspiring singer who tries to break into films during the early talkie era. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
Captain Conan / Capitaine Conan (1996) Bertrand Tavernier, Philippe Torreton, Samuel Le Bihan, Bernard Le Coq
Bulgaria near the end of World War I: Conan, warrior and wolf, leads a band Read More »
Night at the Crossroads / La nuit du carrefour (1932) Jean Renoir, Pierre Renoir, Georges Térof, Winna Winifried
Inspector Maigret investigates the mysterious murder of a Dutch diamond dealer Read More »
Légitime violence (1982) Serge Leroy, Claude Brasseur, Véronique Genest, Thierry Lhermitte
A man whose family were killed during an attempted robbery in a railway station Read More »
Beggars and Noblemen (1991) Asmaa El-Bakry, Salah El-Saadany, Mahmood El-Gindi, Abdulaziz Makhyoon
The setting is Cairo in June of 1945, during the last days of the Second World War. Read More »
The Age of Potential / L’âge des possibles (1995) Pascale Ferran, Anne Cantineau, Christèle Tual, Anne Caillere
Ten young people ( boys and girls) at the age at which all is possible. Read More »
Red Sun / Soleil rouge (1971) Terence Young, Charles Bronson, Toshirô Mifune, Alain Delon
In 1870, a gang robs a train and steals a ceremonial Japanese sword Read More »
Typhoon Over Nagasaki / Typhon sur Nagasaki (1957) Yves Ciampi, Danielle Darrieux, Jean Marais, Keiko Kishi
Pierre Marsac, a French engineer working for the Nagasaki shipbuilding yards Read More »
Will It Snow for Christmas? / Y’aura t’il de la neige à Noël? (1996) Sandrine Veysset, Dominique Reymond, Daniel Duval, Jessica Martinez
A woman and her seven children live on a farm in Southern France. Read More »
War in the Highlands / La guerre dans le Haut Pays (1998) Francis Reusser, Marion Cotillard, Yann Trégouët, François Marthouret
In the winter of 1797-98, the troops of Napoleon and their revolutionary allies Read More »