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Tag Archives: France
Word and Utopia / Palavra e Utopia (2000) Manoel de Oliveira, Lima Duarte, Luís Miguel Cintra, Ricardo Trêpa

The story of Father Antonio Vieira, a 17th-century Portuguese priest who lived in Brazil Read More »
Tempest / La tempesta (1958) Alberto Lattuada, Silvana Mangano, Van Heflin, Viveca Lindfors

A young officer in the army of Empress Catherine of Russia is on his way Read More »
Especially on Sunday / La domenica specialmente (1991) Francesco Barilli, Giuseppe Bertolucci, Marco Tullio Giordana, Philippe Noiret, Ornella Muti, Bruno Ganz

A collection of tales set on the Adriatic coast. Read More »
The Return of Martin Guerre / Le retour de Martin Guerre (1982) Daniel Vigne, Gérard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye, Maurice Barrier

During the middle of the 16th century, Martin Guerre returns to his village in southwestern France Read More »
The Champagne Murders / Le scandale (1967) Claude Chabrol, Anthony Perkins, Maurice Ronet, Yvonne Furneaux

A champagne tycoon’s (Furneaux) partner (Ronet) suspects his partner’s gigolo Read More »
The Hatter’s Ghost / Les fantômes du chapelier (1982) Claude Chabrol, Michel Serrault, Charles Aznavour, Monique Chaumette

Labbé, a hatter in a French provincial town, leads the life of a respectable Read More »
Little Senegal (2000) Rachid Bouchareb, Sotigui Kouyaté, Sharon Hope, Roschdy Zem

After many years of having worked as a tour guide at the Senegalese slave museum Read More »
Quilombo (1984) Carlos Diegues, Bené Batista, Jonas Bloch, Zózimo Bulbul

Quilombo de Palmares was a real-life democratic society, created in Brazil in the 17th century. Read More »
Four Nights of a Dreamer / Quatre nuits d’un rêveur (1971) Robert Bresson, Isabelle Weingarten, Guillaume des Forêts, Jean-Maurice Monnoyer

The ‘dreamer’ is Jacques, a young painter, who by chance runs into Marthe Read More »