Nearly 13, Alice rebels, telling the Paris police that her mother is a murderer. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
Luchino Visconti (1999) Carlo Lizzani, Björn Andrésen, Laura Antonelli, Tina Apicella
A chronological look at the creative life of Luchino Visconti (1906-1976). It examines his theatricality, role in the neorealist movement Read More »
Come Undone AKA Presque rien (2000) Sébastien Lifshitz, Jérémie Elkaïm, Stéphane Rideau, Marie Matheron
Eighteen-year-old Mathieu vacations at the beach with his family when he meets local teen Cédric. Read More »
Le vertige (1926) Marcel L’Herbier, Emmy Lynn, Jaque Catelain, Roger Karl
The film opens with the overthrow of the Czar during the 1917 Russian revolution. Read More »
Blue Night AKA Nuit bleue (2010) Ange Leccia, Cécile Cassel, François Vincentelli, Alexandre Leccia
Following a death, a young woman returns to her island of birth, Corsica. Read More »
Weak Spot AKA La faille (1975) Peter Fleischmann, Michel Piccoli, Ugo Tognazzi, Mario Adorf
Based on a novel by Antonis Samarakis, Peter Fleischmann’s La faille also known as Weak Spot stars Ugo Tognazzi as Georgis Read More »
Mondo (1995) Tony Gatlif, Ovidiu Balan, Philippe Petit, Pierrette Fesch
A fable unfolds. One summer day, a boy of about ten appears on the streets of Nice – no family, no possessions, no schooling, but with a brilliant smile. Read More »
Until the End of the World AKA Bis ans Ende der Welt (1991) Wim Wenders, William Hurt, Solveig Dommartin, Pietro Falcone
Set in 1999, a woman (Dommartin) has a car accident with some bank robbers Read More »
Love and Larceny AKA Il mattatore (1960) Dino Risi, Vittorio Gassman, Dorian Gray, Anna Maria Ferrero
Gerardo, an aspiring actor, trying unsuccessfully to cross over from comedy to tragedy Read More »
Buffalo Bill AKA Buffalo Bill, l’eroe del far west (1965) Mario Costa, Gordon Scott, Ingeborg Schöner, Catherine Ribeiro
Renegade Indians, led by Yellow Hand, are being sold guns by Donaldson. Read More »