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Tag Archives: France
La femme de Gilles / Gilles’ Wife (2004) Frédéric Fonteyne, Emmanuelle Devos, Clovis Cornillac, Laura Smet

Gilles’ wife, Elise, who smiles when she thinks of him, cooks and scrubs and cheerfully makes love to him Read More »
Sous les bombes / Under the Bombs (2007) Philippe Aractingi, Nada Abou Farhat, Georges Khabbaz, Rawia Elchab

Under the bombs, a woman searches for her son. A man accompanies her. They have nothing in common. Read More »
Aurora (2010) Cristi Puiu, Afrodita Andone, Geo Aur, Andrei Barbu

An apartment kitchen: a man and a woman discuss Little Red Riding Hood, their voices hushed Read More »
Atlantic City (1980) Louis Malle, Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon, Kate Reid

Dreams. Becoming an Atlantic City croupier will help Sally realize her dream of going to Monte Carlo Read More »
The Girl with the Golden Eyes (1961) Jean-Gabriel Albicocco, Marie Laforêt, Paul Guers, Françoise Prévost

A skirt-chasing fashion photographer meets a charming young woman who captures his interest immediately. Read More »
Milou en mai / May Fools (1990) Louis Malle, Miou-Miou, Michel Piccoli, Michel Duchaussoy

Like Vanya, in Malle’s last film, Milou never left the family estate. His mother dies during the May 1968 student uprising in Paris. Read More »
Moolaadé (2004) Ousmane Sembene, Fatoumata Coulibaly, Maimouna Hélène Diarra, Salimata Traoré

When a woman shelters a group of girls from suffering female genital mutilation, she starts a conflict that tears her village apart. Read More »
The Friends (1971) Gérard Blain, Philippe March, Jean-Claude Dauphin, Nathalie Fontaine

Philippe (Philippe March) is an older man and an industrialist whose wife is confined to her bed. Read More »
November Moon / Novembermond (1985) Alexandra von Grote, Gabriele Osburg, Christiane Millet, Danièle Delorme

Two women fall in love in nazi-occupied France, and must fight to survive the war. Read More »