Antoine is a social wannabe who drops an elusive aristocrat’s name to get into an exclusive party. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
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 (1959) I tartassati
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 »
Red Siren AKA La Sirène Rouge (2002) Olivier Megaton, Jean-Marc Barr, Asia Argento, Frances Barber
Nearly 13, Alice rebels, telling the Paris police that her mother is a murderer. Read More »
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 »