A former soldier on holiday in the French Riviera recalls his time in France during WWII, and his love for a French peasant woman. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
The Truce AKA La tregua (1997) Francesco Rosi, John Turturro, Rade Serbedzija, Massimo Ghini
This is the true story of Italian Jews returning home from Auschwitz after the war. Read More »
The Black Box AKA La boîte noire (2005) Richard Berry, José Garcia, Marion Cotillard, Michel Duchaussoy
Images flash through Arthur’s brain, voices buzz in his mind, uttering disjointed words and sentences. Read More »
The Devils AKA Les diables (2002) Christophe Ruggia, Adèle Haenel, Vincent Rottiers, Rochdy Labidi
The siblings Joseph and Chloé are 12 and have just been placed on another children’s home. Read More »
A Man, When He Is a Man AKA El hombre cuando es hombre (1982) Valeria Sarmiento
What are the social climate and cultural traditions in Costa Rica which nurture “machismo” and allow the domination of women to continue in Latin America? Read More »
Destroy, She Said AKA Détruire dit-elle (1969) Marguerite Duras, Catherine Sellers, Michael Lonsdale, Henri Garcin
A professor, his wife, a student, and a married woman travel to a hotel on the edge of the forest for a week-long vacation. Read More »
The Lorry (1977) Le camion – Marguerite Duras
We are confronted with two images, a lorry driving through the night until dawn, a depiction of the loneliness Read More »
Vladimir and Rosa AKA Vladimir et Rosa (1971) Groupe Dziga Vertov, Jean-Luc Godard, Yves Afonso, Juliet Berto, Jean-Luc Godard
In Godard and Gorin’s free interpretation of the Chicago Eight trial, Judge Hoffman becomes Judge Himmler Read More »
The Assassination AKA L’attentat (1972) Yves Boisset, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Michel Piccoli, Jean Seberg
Sadiel, rebel leader in a North African state, takes refuge in Switzerland in the aftermath of a coup. Read More »
Fantômas (1964) André Hunebelle, Jean Marais, Louis de Funès, Mylène Demongeot
Criminal mastermind Fantômas, a man of a thousand faces, is unhappy with Fandor Read More »