A handful of teenagers, boys and girls, escape from a reform school and go round town. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
Nenette and Boni / Nénette et Boni (1996) Claire Denis, Grégoire Colin, Alice Houri, Jacques Nolot
Teenage siblings Nenette and Boni were raised apart as a result of their parents’ divorce. Read More »
A Cage of Nightingales / La cage aux rossignols (1945) Jean Dréville, Noël-Noël, Micheline Francey, René Génin
In France, in 1930, a supervisor of a boarding school for young offenders seeks to awaken Read More »
Star Without Light / Étoile sans lumière (1946) Marcel Blistène, Édith Piaf, Marcel Herrand, Jules Berry
Piaf plays an aspiring singer who tries to break into films during the early talkie era. Read More »
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 »