
Elisa, a thirty-eight-year old woman, leaves for a week with her husband and young daughter on a vacation to a house in the country. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
Drummer-Crab AKA Le Crabe-Tambour (1977) Pierre Schoendoerffer, Jean Rochefort, Claude Rich, Jacques Perrin

A dying French naval frigate captain tries to make a last rendezvous in the winter storm-tossed seas off the Grand Banks Read More »
Kafka (1991) Steven Soderbergh, Jeremy Irons, Theresa Russell, Joel Grey

Kafka, an insurance worker gets embroiled in an underground group after a co-worker is murdered. Read More »
Caught in the Acts AKA Délits flagrants (1994) Raymond Depardon, Michèle Bernard-Requin

This documentary shows a few moments of the life of 14 real persons who have been caught red-handed by the police Read More »
Esther Kahn (2000) Arnaud Desplechin, Summer Phoenix, Ian Holm, Fabrice Desplechin

A Jewish girl in nineteenth century London, dreams of becoming a stage actress. Read More »
Forfaiture (1937) Marcel L’Herbier, Victor Francen, Sessue Hayakawa, Louis Jouvet

Un riche collectionneur japonais propose a Edith, dame du grand monde, de lui donner l’argent qu’elle a detourne Read More »
Love Bites AKA Les morsures de l’aube (2001) Antoine de Caunes, Guillaume Canet, Asia Argento, Gérard Lanvin

Antoine is a social wannabe who drops an elusive aristocrat’s name to get into an exclusive party. Read More »
Michael Strogoff (1956) Carmine Gallone, Curd Jürgens, Geneviève Page, Jacques Dacqmine

In 19th century Russia a Tartar rebellion led by Feofar Khan separates mainland Russia from the Russian far east. Read More »
The Overtaxed AKA I tartassati (1959) Steno, Totò, Aldo Fabrizi, Cathia Caro

Mr. Pezzella owns and operates a very well established luxury clothing store. Read More »
Fedora (1978) Billy Wilder, William Holden, Marthe Keller, Hildegard Knef

The former successful and famous Polish actress Fedora commits suicide at the Mortcerf Station, jumping off in front of a train. Read More »