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Tag Archives: France
La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet AKA La danse (2009) Frederick Wiseman
The Paris Opera Ballet is one of the world’s great ballet companies. The film follows the rehearsals and performances of seven ballets Read More »
Tonnerre (2013) Guillaume Brac, Vincent Macaigne, Solène Rigot, Bernard Menez
Maxime returns to live with his father in a small town in Burgundy (Tonnerre). Read More »
Unforgivable AKA Impardonnables (2011) André Téchiné, André Dussollier, Carole Bouquet, Mélanie Thierry
A crime writer living in Venice while working on his new novel meets and soon marries his real-estate agent. Read More »
Love Is When You Make It AKA Le bel âge (1960) Pierre Kast, Loleh Bellon, Marcello Pagliero, Ursula Kubler
Paris, Spring: Jacques, 38, has just broken up with the beautiful Alexandra. Read More »
Only a Coffin AKA El enigma del ataúd (1967) Santos Alcocer, Howard Vernon, Danielle Godet, María Saavedra
A doctor invites his relatives to his castle, all the while planning to murder them when they arrive. Read More »
Whiteboyz (1999) Marc Levin, Danny Hoch, Dash Mihok, Mark Webber
In a virtually all-white Iowa town, Flip daydreams of being a hip-hop star Read More »
The Pacifist AKA La pacifista – Smetti di piovere (1970) Miklós Jancsó, Monica Vitti, Pierre Clémenti, Peter Pasetti
Barbara (Monica Vitti) is a journalist investigating the local counterculture who becomes involved Read More »
Sons of Norway AKA Sønner av Norge (2011) Jens Lien, Sven Nordin, Åsmund Høeg, Sonja Richter
It’s not easy to rebel when your dad wants to join the party… One day (in 1979), Magnus and his son Nikolaj Read More »
Bob the Gambler AKA Bob le flambeur (1956) Jean-Pierre Melville, Roger Duchesne, Isabelle Corey, Daniel Cauchy
Bob, an old gangster and gambler is almost broke, so he decides in spite of the warnings of a friend, a high official from the police, to rob a gambling casino in Deauville. Read More »