
François’ mother, Mme Lepic, hates him and she nicknames him “Poil de Carotte” (Carrot hair). Read More »
Tag Archives: France
Odette Toulemonde (2006) Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, Catherine Frot, Albert Dupontel, Jacques Weber

Odette dreams of thanking Balthazar Balsan, her favorite writer, for the optimism which she believes emanates from him. Read More »
The Widow Couderc / La veuve Couderc (1971) Pierre Granier-Deferre, Alain Delon, Simone Signoret, Ottavia Piccolo

Her youth has been spent working for a farm family, being raped by father and son Read More »
La grande vadrouille (1966) Gérard Oury

A RAF Bomber is shot down over Paris by the Germans. Its crew (Terry Thomas as a flight captain) land there by parachute. Read More »
Vinyan (2008) Fabrice Du Welz, Emmanuelle Béart, Rufus Sewell, Petch Osathanugrah

In Phuket Island, Thailand, the architect Paul Bellmer and his wife Jeanne lost their son Joshua Read More »
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge / La rivière du hibou (1961) Robert Enrico, Roger Jacquet, Anne Cornaly, Anker Larsen

A Civil War civilian is to be executed by hanging, but when the plank is kicked away Read More »
A Bad Son / Un mauvais fils (1980) Claude Sautet, Patrick Dewaere, Brigitte Fossey, Jacques Dufilho

Bruno is released from prison. He looks for a job and tries to start a new life. Read More »
She-Shaman / Szamanka (1996) Andrzej Zulawski, Boguslaw Linda, Iwona Petry, Piotr Machalica

Classmates called her “Italian” … She is extremely beautiful and radiates a certain primitive, dangerous sexuality Read More »
The Valachi Papers (1972) Terence Young, Charles Bronson, Lino Ventura, Jill Ireland

When Joe Valachi (Charles Bronson) has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese (Lino Ventura) Read More »
Sandra / Vaghe stelle dell’Orsa… (1965) Luchino Visconti, Claudia Cardinale, Jean Sorel, Michael Craig

Sandra comes back to Volterra, in Tuscany, the little town where she spent her childhood. Read More »