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Tag Archives: France
Tomorrow We Move / Demain on déménage (2004) Chantal Akerman, Sylvie Testud, Aurore Clément, Jean-Pierre Marielle
The late Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman brings us an intellectual comedy about a mother Read More »
Erotic Witchcraft / La goulve (1972) Mario Mercier, Bepi Fontana, Hervé Hendrickx, César Torres, Anne Varèze
Axel, the magician, raises a boy into adulthood. When Axel dies, it’s the young man Read More »
TGV (1998) Moussa Touré, Makena Diop, Al Hamdou Traore, Bernard Giraudeau
The TGV? No, it is not the famous French high-speed train, but instead the rickety and colourful bus operated Read More »
Empty Nest / El nido vacío (2008) Daniel Burman, Oscar Martínez, Cecilia Roth, Inés Efron
A chronicle of the emptiness felt when ones children have left home Read More »
The Beaches of Agnès / Les plages d’Agnès (2008) Agnès Varda, André Lubrano, Blaise Fournier
At nearly 80, Agnès Varda explores her memory – growing up in Belgium, living in Sète, Paris, and Noirmoutier Read More »
Nero’s Big Weekend / Mio figlio Nerone (1956) Steno, Alberto Sordi, Vittorio De Sica, Gloria Swanson
Nero is on holiday at the seaside. Poppea, Seneca and many other guests are with him. Read More »
The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun / La petite vendeuse de soleil (1999) Djibril Diop Mambéty, Moussa Baldé, Lissa Balera, Aminata Fall
La petite vendeuse de soleil follows the life of a young girl who moves from her village to Dakar Read More »
The Little Wheedlers (1978) Les petits câlins
Sophie (Dominique Laffin) lives with Corinne (Josiane Balasko) Read More »
Sombre (1998) Philippe Grandrieux, Marc Barbé, Elina Löwensohn, Géraldine Voillat
A car, following the Tour de France. Children screaming in front of the puppet show. Read More »