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Tag Archives: France
Jean Rollin: The Stray Dreamer AKA Jean Rollin, le rêveur égaré (2011) Damien Aimé Dupont, Yvan Pierre-Kaiser, Jean Rollin, Jean-Pierre Bouyxou, Jean-Loup Philippe

A man who has spent his childhood in the middle of some of the greatest intellectuals of the twentieth century. Read More »
Love at Sea AKA L’amour à la mer (1964) Guy Gilles, Daniel Moosmann, Geneviève Thénier, Josette Krieff

Geneviève is in love with a young sailor, Daniel, who returns to Algeria. Read More »
Sunday’s Children AKA Söndagsbarn (1992) Daniel Bergman, Henrik Linnros, Thommy Berggren, Lena Endre

The film switches back and forth between the adventures of Pu on a summer holiday in Norrland in Sweden Read More »
A Mirror to Life AKA Le reflet de la vie (2007) Eliane de Latour

This film participants, whose social origins are highly diverse, are all over 85 years old. They live alone, or almost so. Read More »
Donne e Briganti (1950) Mario Soldati, Amedeo Nazzari, Maria Mauban, Jean Chevrier

Sul letto di morte, il signor Luciani confessa al figlio Peppino che sua sorella Marietta è in realtà la figlia illegittima di Ferdinando IV di Borbone Read More »
The Bitch AKA La chienne (1931) Jean Renoir, Michel Simon, Janie Marèse, Georges Flamant

Cashier Maurice Legrand is married to Adele, a terror. Read More »
The Idiot AKA L’idiot (1946) Georges Lampin, Edwige Feuillère, Lucien Coëdel, Jean Debucourt

Muichkine, a young Russian prince, returns home to St. Petersburg from a mental institution Read More »
With a Friend Like Harry… AKA Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien (2000) Dominik Moll, Laurent Lucas, Sergi López, Mathilde Seigner

Michel, his wife Claire and their three little daughters Jeanne, Sarah and Iris are traveling to their cottage in Switzerland to spend summer vacation. Read More »
Les capricieux (1984) Michel Deville, Nicole Garcia, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Christian Benedetti

In post-revolutionary France, two neighbouring aristocrats (Nicole Garcia and Jean-Pierre Marielle) embark on a dangerous game when they agree to help a Polish agent. Read More »