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Tag Archives: France
Si Versailles m’était conté (1954) Sacha Guitry, Michel Auclair, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jean-Louis Barrault

Witty narration follows the history of Versailles Palace; founded by Louis XIII, enlarged by autocratic Louis XIV Read More »
The Common Man AKA Dupont Lajoie (1975) Yves Boisset, Jean Carmet, Pierre Tornade, Jean Bouise

As every summer, Georges Lajoie, his wife Ginette and grown-up son Léon go on holiday to Loulou’s campsite. Read More »
The Bear AKA L’ours (1988) Jean-Jacques Annaud, Tchéky Karyo, Bart the Bear, Youk the Bear

An orphan bear cub hooks up with an adult male as they try to dodge human hunters. Read More »
Avida (2006) Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern, Anselme, Fernando Arrabal, Anne Benett

The kidnapping of a plump billionaire’s dog by a deaf-mute and 2 ketamine addicts goes wrong. Read More »
Platform AKA Zhantai (2000) Zhangke Jia, Hongwei Wang, Tao Zhao, Jing Dong Liang

Set in Fenyang, Shanxi Province, the film focuses on a group of amateur theatre troupe performers Read More »
Malady of Love AKA Maladie d’amour (1987) Jacques Deray, Nastassja Kinski, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Michel Piccoli

Mad love. Two physicians, one old and one young, fall in love with the same woman, Juliette, a quixotic hairdresser. Read More »
High Crime AKA La polizia incrimina la legge assolve (1973) Enzo G. Castellari, Franco Nero, James Whitmore, Delia Boccardo

An Italian police inspector matches wits with a powerful European drug ring. Read More »
The Chambermaid on the Titanic AKA La femme de chambre du Titanic (1997) Bigas Luna, Olivier Martinez, Romane Bohringer, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

Horty, a French foundry worker, wins a contest and is sent to see the sailing of the Titanic. Read More »
Tykho Moon (1996) Enki Bilal, Julie Delpy, Johan Leysen, Michel Piccoli

The McBee family has erected a government over a future ‘colony’, that looks like a run-down Paris Read More »