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Tag Archives: France
Harem (1985) Arthur Joffé, Nastassja Kinski, Ben Kingsley, Dennis Goldson
A young American woman is kidnapped by an Arabian sheik and held captive in his harem. Read More »
Uncovered (1994) Jim McBride, Kate Beckinsale, John Wood, Sinéad Cusack
While restoring an old painting showing a woman and two men playing chess Read More »
Little Brothers / Petits frères (1999) Jacques Doillon, Stéphanie Touly, Iliès Sefraoui, Mustapha Goumane
Talia runs away from home taking her beloved dog with her. Read More »
The Luzhin Defence (2000) Marleen Gorris, John Turturro, Emily Watson, Geraldine James
Set in the late 1920s, The Luzhin Defence tells the story of a shambling, unworldly chess Grand Master Read More »
A Sunday in the Country / Un dimanche à la campagne (1984) Bertrand Tavernier, Louis Ducreux, Michel Aumont, Sabine Azéma
In France, before WWI. As every Sunday, an old painter living in the country is visited by his son Gonzague Read More »
Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992) John Carpenter, Chevy Chase, Daryl Hannah, Sam Neill
Nick Halloway is made invisible during an accident. When Jenkins finds out about Nick Read More »
The Indian Tomb / Das indische Grabmal (1959) Fritz Lang, Debra Paget, Paul Hubschmid, Walther Reyer
Harald Berger and his Indian lover, the temple dancer Seetha, desperately flee from the shikaris (cavalry) of Eschanapur’s maharajah Chandra Read More »
War of the Buttons / La guerre des boutons (1962) Yves Robert, Jacques Dufilho, Yvette Etiévant, Michel Galabru
For generations, two rival French villages, Longueverne and Velrans, have been at war. Read More »
Angélique, marquise des anges (1964) Bernard Borderie, Michèle Mercier, Robert Hossein, Jean Rochefort
In this first part of the Angélique cycle, set in Mid-17th century France under the young Sun King Louis XIV Read More »