In medieval France, young lawyer Richard Courtois leaves Paris for the simpler life in the country. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
Landscape in the Mist AKA Topio stin omichli (1988) Theodoros Angelopoulos, Michalis Zeke, Tania Palaiologou, Stratos Tzortzoglou
Road movie about two children (Voula and Alexandre) searching for their father who is supposed to live in Germany. Read More »
The Fire That Burns (1997) Christophe Malavoy
Two boys in their early teens in a strictly-run pre-WWII Catholic School form a firm friendship Read More »
Les sièges de l’Alcazar (1989) Luc Moullet, Olivier Maltinti, Elizabeth Moreau, Sabine Haudepin
Paris, 1955. Guy, film critic of the Cahiers du Cinéma, often goes to see the films of Vittorio Cottafavi in a local cinema. Read More »
Kean (1924) Alexandre Volkoff, Ivan Mozzhukhin, Nathalie Lissenko, Pauline Po
By 1820, Edmund Kean is the most admired Shakespearean actor. But if his art is peerless, his free lifestyle is ill thought of Read More »
Mother of Mine AKA Gribiche (1926) Jacques Feyder, Jean Forest, Rolla Norman, Françoise Rosay
A sincere working-class 13-year old in France is adopted by a well-meaning philanthropic millionairess Read More »
The Anatomy of Love AKA Tempi nostri – Zibaldone n. 2 (1954) Alessandro Blasetti, Paul Paviot, Vittorio De Sica, Dany Robin, François Périer
A five-part compilation film. in “The Baby,” a poverty-ridden couple with children decides Read More »
About Endlessness / Om det oändliga (2019) Roy Andersson, Bengt Bergius, Anja Broms, Marie Burman
ABOUT ENDLESSNESS is a reflection on human life in all its beauty and cruelty, its splendor and banality. Read More »
Damage (1992) Louis Malle, Jeremy Irons, Juliette Binoche, Miranda Richardson
A member of Parliament (Irons) falls passionately in love with his son’s fiancée. Read More »
The First Film (2015) David Wilkinson, Bernard Atha, Stephane Cornicard, Tom Courtenay
In October 1888 Louis Le Prince produced the world’s first films in Leeds,England. Read More »