An adaptation of Abbe Prevost’s classic French novel ‘Manon Lescaut’, updated to post-World War II France Read More »
Tag Archives: France
The Possessed AKA Les possédés (1988) Andrzej Wajda, Isabelle Huppert, Jutta Lampe, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu
This story begins in 1870 at a little town somewhere in Russia. It processed the real “Nyecsajev story”. Read More »
Charlotte for Ever (1986) Serge Gainsbourg, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Roland Bertin
Once a successful Hollywood screenwriter, Stan is now a depressive alcoholic who spends Read More »
Our Lady of the Assassins AKA La virgen de los sicarios (2000) Barbet Schroeder, Germán Jaramillo, Anderson Ballesteros, Juan David Restrepo
The tempestuous love story between Fernando, an older man who has recently returned to his crime-ridden drug capitol hometown of Medellin Read More »
Chromophobia (2005) Martha Fiennes, Ben Chaplin, Penélope Cruz, Ralph Fiennes
Every family has its secrets and tries to hold them hidden within domestic walls. Read More »
The Warm Life AKA La calda vita (1964) Florestano Vancini, Catherine Spaak, Fabrizio Capucci, Jacques Perrin
Attractive teenager Sergia usually hangs out with her older sister and her circle of mature friends. Read More »
The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen AKA Il ladro della Gioconda (1966) Michel Deville, George Chakiris, Marina Vlady, Margaret Lee
Vincent, who signs his blows with the name Romeo, manages to steal the Mona Lisa. Read More »
Birds, Orphans and Fools AKA Vtáckovia, siroty a blázni (1969) Juraj Jakubisko, Philippe Avron, Jirí Sýkora, Magda Vásáryová
Slovak director Juraj Jakubisko is often described as the Fellini of Eastern Europe. After the 1968 film The Deserter and the Nomads Read More »
The Night and the Moment (1994) Anna Maria Tatò, Ivan Bacciocchi, Jean-Claude Carrière, Axelle Cummings
A young marchioness who loves the way of free-thinking and flatterers invites an author into her house who pretends to seduce her… Read More »
Grass Labyrinth AKA Kusa-meikyû (1979) Shûji Terayama, Hiroshi Mikami, Takeshi Wakamatsu, Keiko Niitaka
A young man’s determination to recover the lyrics and music to a song he loved Read More »