During World War II, French Commandos join forces with a German officer in order to survive the African desert. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
The Marriage of Chiffon (1942) Le mariage de Chiffon
Odette Joyeux plays an eccentric young aristocrat called “Chiffon”, who is struggling to comply with the social conventions of the community. Read More »
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly AKA Le scaphandre et le papillon (2007) Julian Schnabel, Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze
Forty-three year old Elle magazine editor Jean-Dominique Bauby – Jean-Do to his friends – awakens not knowing where he is. Read More »
Angel Dust AKA Poussière d’ange (1987) Edouard Niermans, Bernard Giraudeau, Fanny Bastien, Fanny Cottençon
A tired and alcoholic police investigator has lost his wife to a hotel owner Read More »
Face AKA Visage (2009) Ming-liang Tsai, Kang-sheng Lee, Yi-Ching Lu, Fanny Ardant
Hsiao-Kang, a Taiwanese film director, travels to the Louvre in Paris, France, to shoot a film that explores the Salomé myth. Read More »
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life AKA La più bella serata della mia vita (1972) Ettore Scola, Alberto Sordi, Michel Simon, Charles Vanel
A successful businessman whose destiny leads him to a secluded Swiss chalet where his life is put on trial by a group of retired law professionals. Read More »
Journey to the West AKA Xi you (2014) Ming-liang Tsai, Kang-sheng Lee, Denis Lavant
In “Journey to the West,” helmer Tsai Ming-liang’s perennial protagonist, Lee Kang-sheng Read More »
The Mouth of the Wolf AKA La bocca del lupo (2009) Pietro Marcello, Vincenzo Motta, Mary Monaco, Franco Leo
Pietro Marcello directs this genre-defying Italian docudrama that follows mustachioed ex-con Enzo Read More »
A Blast AKA I Ekrixi (2014) Syllas Tzoumerkas, Angeliki Papoulia, Vassilis Doganis, Maria Filini
Running away on the highway, Maria is alone in her roaring SUV. Read More »
Les misérables (1934) Raymond Bernard, Harry Baur, Charles Vanel, Paul Azaïs
The lives of numerous people over the course of 20 years in 19th century France Read More »