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Tag Archives: France
White Material (2009) Claire Denis, Isabelle Huppert, Christopher Lambert, Isaach De Bankolé
Denis revisits Africa, this time exploring a place rife with civil and racial conflict. Read More »
Hell (1994) Claude Chabrol, Emmanuelle Béart, François Cluzet, Nathalie Cardone
Paul, an irritable and stressed-out hotel manager, begins to gradually develop paranoid delusions about his wife’s infidelity. Read More »
The Student (1988) Claude Pinoteau, Sophie Marceau, Vincent Lindon, Élisabeth Vitali
Three months before her final examinations, the ambitious teachership student Valentine concentrates herself completely on learning. Read More »
The Beaches of Orouet (1971) Jacques Rozier, Caroline Cartier, Danièle Croisy, Françoise Guégan
A patient observation on the adventures a group of three young girls spending their three-week summer vacation at a small village Read More »
Le destin exécrable de Guillemette Babin (1948) Guillaume Radot, Héléna Bossis, Michel Barbey, Germaine Kerjean
Being born a witch’s daughter did not bode well for your future in the Middle Ages. Read More »
One Sings, the Other Doesn’t (1977) Agnès Varda, Thérèse Liotard, Valérie Mairesse, Robert Dadiès
The intertwined lives of two women in 1970s France, set against the progress of the women’s movement in which Agnes Varda was involved. Read More »
The Game of Love (1954) Claude Autant-Lara, Edwige Feuillère, Nicole Berger, Pierre-Michel Beck
Based on the novel by Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette. Friends since infancy, Philippe and Vinea have always regarded themselves as brother and sister. Read More »
Syndromes and a Century (2006) Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Nantarat Sawaddikul, Jaruchai Iamaram, Sophon Pukanok
Story about director Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s parents who were both doctors Read More »
Coeur de lilas (1932) Anatole Litvak, Marcelle Romée, André Luguet, Jean Gabin
Lilac is consorting with the criminal scum of Paris but then she falls in love with a handsome detective… Read More »