The Ceddo try to preserve their traditional African culture against the onslaught of Islam Read More »
Tag Archives: France
House of Tolerance / L’Apollonide (Souvenirs de la maison close) (2011) Bertrand Bonello, Noémie Lvovsky, Hafsia Herzi, Céline Sallette
Life in an elegant Parisian brothel in the early twentieth century. Read More »
A Heart in Winter / Un coeur en hiver (1992) Claude Sautet, Daniel Auteuil, Emmanuelle Béart, André Dussollier
Beautiful violin virtuoso Camille has two obsessions: the music of Ravel Read More »
The Night of the Sunflowers / La noche de los girasoles (2006) Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo, Carmelo Gómez, Judith Diakhate, Celso Bugallo
As the dead body of a sexually assaulted young woman rests hidden in a sunflower field Read More »
A Woman Like Satan / La femme et le pantin (1958) Julien Duvivier, Brigitte Bardot, Antonio Vilar, Lila Kedrova
Handsome and rich Spanish gentleman abandons his wife and riches for his love of a young girl Read More »
Where are you going, Aida? / Quo vadis, Aida? (2020) Jasmila Zbanic, Jasna Djuricic, Izudin Bajrovic, Boris Ler
Bosnia, July 1995. Aida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. Read More »
Stealing Beauty (1996) Bernardo Bertolucci, Jeremy Irons, Liv Tyler, Carlo Cecchi
For 20 years many visitors have come to the villa on an Italian hilltop owned by an English artist. Read More »
The 25th Hour / La vingt-cinquième heure (1967) Henri Verneuil, Anthony Quinn, Virna Lisi, Grégoire Aslan
During World War II, Johann Moritz (Anthony Quinn), a Romanian gentile peasant Read More »
A Virgin for St. Tropez / Une vierge pour Saint-Tropez (1975) Georges Friedland, Marianne Rémont, Jean-Pierre Delamour, Paul Muller
Maria (Marianne Rémont), a beautiful young woman, runs away from home with her older lover Read More »
Alexandra / Aleksandra (2007) Aleksandr Sokurov, Galina Vishnevskaya, Vasily Shevtsov, Raisa Gichaeva
An elderly woman takes a train trip to visit her grandson at his army camp inside Chechnya. Read More »