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Tag Archives: France
The Blonde from Peking AKA La blonde de Pékin (1967) Nicolas Gessner, Claudio Brook, Mireille Darc, Françoise Brion
An amnesic young woman is found fainting on a bench. Read More »
My Enemy’s Enemy (2007) Kevin Macdonald, Raymond Aubrac, Robert Badinter, Klaus Barbie
A look at the history of one-time Gestapo commander Klaus Barbie, infamously known as “The Butcher of Lyon.” Read More »
The Way I Spent the End of the World AKA Cum mi-am petrecut sfârsitul lumii (2006) Cãtãlin Mitulescu, Dorotheea Petre, Timotei Duma, Ioan Albu
Bucharest 1989 – the last year of Ceausescu’s dictatorship. Eva lives with her parents and her 7 year old brother, Lalalilu. Read More »
Manon (1949) Henri-Georges Clouzot, Serge Reggiani, Michel Auclair, Cécile Aubry
An adaptation of Abbe Prevost’s classic French novel ‘Manon Lescaut’, updated to post-World War II France Read More »
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 (2000)
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 (1964) La calda vita
Attractive teenager Sergia usually hangs out with her older sister and her circle of mature friends. Read More »