
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 »
Tag Archives: France
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 »
Thick Skinned AKA Peaux de vaches (1989) Patricia Mazuy, Sandrine Bonnaire, Jean-François Stévenin, Jacques Spiesser

A decade after a man has been killed in an accident in an isolated part of the French countryside, a family tries to come to terms with what happened. Read More »
Sound and Fury AKA De bruit et de fureur (1988) Jean-Claude Brisseau, Bruno Cremer, François Négret, Vincent Gasperitsch

This drama depicts the misery of neglected children in big cities. 13 years old Bruno is of a good family Read More »
Gangster Boss AKA Le grand chef (1959) Henri Verneuil, Fernandel, Gino Cervi, Papouf

In Paris, scoundrel mates Paolo and Antoine Venturen hope to get rich quick by asking ransom fro rich Mr. Jumelin’s preteen son Eric. Read More »
Taxi for Tobruk AKA Un taxi pour Tobrouk (1961) Denys de La Patellière, Hardy Krüger, Lino Ventura, Maurice Biraud

During World War II, French Commandos join forces with a German officer in order to survive the African desert. Read More »
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 »