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Tag Archives: France
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 »
In Memory of Me AKA In memoria di me (2007) Saverio Costanzo, Christo Jivkov, Filippo Timi, Marco Baliani

Andrea is an intelligent, handsome young man who seems to have everything necessary to succeed. Read More »
Weapons of the Spirit (1987) Pierre Sauvage, Henri Héritier, Emma Héritier

Pierre Sauvage was born in a small village in France in 1944, among what would become as many as 5000 Jews Read More »
Slave Trade in the World Today / Le schiave esistono ancora (1964) Maleno Malenotti, Roberto Malenotti, Robert Lamoureux, Robin Maugham, Allen Swift

The film documents modern slave trade through a number of Arabian and African countries, under muslim rule. Read More »
The Wall AKA Duvar (1983) Yilmaz Güney, Tuncel Kurtiz, Ayse Emel Mesci Kuray, Malik Berrichi

Teens in a Turkish prison struggle to survive under hideous conditions. Made by dying Yilmaz Guney in France Read More »
On Venom and Eternity AKA Traité de bave et d’éternité (1951) Isidore Isou, Jean-Louis Barrault, Blanchette Brunoy

In this experimental film, Isidore Isou, the leader of the lettrist movement Read More »
Dust of Life AKA Poussières de vie (1995) Rachid Bouchareb, Daniel Guyant, Gilles Chitlaphone, Jehan Pagès

Based on a true story, after the US withdrawal and the fall of South Vietnam Read More »
The Big Swag AKA La grosse caisse (1965) Alex Joffé, Bourvil, Paul Meurisse, Françoise Deldick

Louis Bourdin, a modest ticket puncher on the Paris metro, is so enamoured of crime fiction that he decides to write his own novel Read More »