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Tag Archives: France
Girls in Distress AKA Jeunes filles en détresse (1939) Georg Wilhelm Pabst, Marcelle Chantal, Jacqueline Delubac, André Luguet
Jacqueline is sixteen. Her parents are kept very busy by their mutual careers (Dad is a renowned attorney and Mum is a doctor running her own clinic). Read More »
Providence (1977) Alain Resnais, Dirk Bogarde, Ellen Burstyn, John Gielgud
Clive Langham (Sir John Gielgud) spends one tormenting night in his bed suffering from health problems and thinking up a story based on his relatives. Read More »
Games of Clouds and Rain AKA Les jeux des nuages et de la pluie (2013) Benjamin de Lajarte, Simon Yam, Heling Li, Audrey Dana
Li Qin leaves her temperamental husband and unknowingly provides a trail for a detective who has been, for months, secretly devoted to her. Read More »
Jacques Rivette – The Night Watchman AKA Jacques Rivette – Le veilleur (1994) Claire Denis, Serge Daney, Jacques Rivette, Bulle Ogier
This film of interviews with the film director Jacques Rivette was produced in collaboration with Serge Daney Read More »
Whatever You Say AKA Mon idole (2002) Guillaume Canet, François Berléand, Diane Kruger
Young Bastien is very pleased when his hugely successful TV producer boss Jean-Louis Broustal Read More »
Europa (1991) Lars von Trier, Barbara Sukowa, Jean-Marc Barr, Udo Kier
An American of German descent arrives in post-war Germany 1945. His uncle gets him a job on the Zentropa train line as a sleeping car conductor. Read More »
The Name of the Rose AKA Der Name der Rose (1986) Jean-Jacques Annaud, Sean Connery, Christian Slater, Helmut Qualtinger
14. century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several Read More »
Machuca (2004) Andrés Wood, Matías Quer, Ariel Mateluna, Manuela Martelli
Santiago, capital of Chile during the Marxist government of elected, highly controversial president Salvador Allende. Read More »
Eugenie de Sade AKA Eugénie (1973) Jesús Franco, Soledad Miranda, Paul Muller, Andrea Montchal
Eugenie, a beautiful but shy young girl, has been living with her stepfather, Albert since her mother died when she was a baby. Read More »