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Tag Archives: France
Shadows Unseen AKA Abuso di potere (1972) Camillo Bazzoni, Frederick Stafford, Marilù Tolo, Franco Fabrizi
When a journalist is murdered Inspector Micheli begins to investigate. Read More »
Les hautes solitudes (1974) Philippe Garrel, Jean Seberg, Nico, Tina Aumont
Biographical film about Jean Seberg, losely based on Nitschz’s Anti-Christ. Read More »
Goodbye Emmanuelle (1977) François Leterrier, Sylvia Kristel, Umberto Orsini, Jean-Pierre Bouvier
Emmanuelle and her architect husband continue their amoral lifestyle in the Seychelles. Read More »
Madame Bovary (1991) Claude Chabrol
In nineteenth-century France, the romantic daughter of a country squire (Emma Rouault) marries a dull country doctor (Charles Bovary). Read More »
The Lacemaker AKA La dentellière (1977) Claude Goretta, Isabelle Huppert, Yves Beneyton, Florence Giorgetti
Timid, discreet, and humble, the guileless nineteen-year-old assistant hairdresser, Pomme, lives with her doting mother and works in a Parisian beauty salon. Read More »
Le 6 juin à l’aube (1946) Jean Grémillon
The film starts by a visit to bucolic Normandy before the events. Read More »
Central Station AKA Central do Brasil (1998) Walter Salles, Fernanda Montenegro, Vinícius de Oliveira, Marília Pêra
Dora, a dour old woman, works at a Rio de Janeiro central station, writing letters for customers and mailing them. Read More »
L’ange (1982) Patrick Bokanowski, Maurice Baquet, Jean-Marie Bon, Martine Couture
French experimental film. Has no conventional act but consists of disconnected images (a man practicing fencing on a dock, stairs, a woman spilled a jug of milk, etc.) Read More »
Nothing But Time AKA Rien que les heures (1926) Alberto Cavalcanti, Blanche Bernis, Nina Chousvalowa, Philippe Hériat
A city: we know it’s Paris by its monuments, but it could be anywhere; the lives of the poor are the same. Read More »