A noble family of France maintains dignity despite the onslaught of modernism and non-white immigrants. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
Amok (1934) Fyodor Otsep, Marcelle Chantal, Jean Yonnel, Valéry Inkijinoff
Dr. Holk leads a lonely life in a small dutch colony in the tropics. Read More »
Fortunella (1958) Eduardo De Filippo, Giulietta Masina, Alberto Sordi, Paul Douglas
Nanda Diotallevi, called Fortunella, is a poor girl living in the second-hand dealers district, and is the lover of one of these, Peppino. Read More »
The Beautiful Story (1992) Claude Lelouch, Gérard Lanvin, Béatrice Dalle, Vincent Lindon
Jesus is a French gypsy who might have become a bull fighter had he not been framed on a drug charge and sent to prison. Read More »
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962) Terence Fisher, Christopher Lee, Hans Söhnker, Hans Nielsen
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson try to solve the case of the stealing of Cleopatra’s necklace, found by archaeologists in Egypt. Read More »
Seven Nights in Japan (1976) Lewis Gilbert, Michael York, Hidemi Aoki, Charles Gray
The fictional British royal Prince George travels to Japan and falls in love with a local female tour guide named Sumi. Read More »
La soldatessa alla visita militare (1977) Nando Cicero, Edwige Fenech, Renzo Montagnani, Fiorenzo Fiorentini
Army Doctor Eva Marini wants to join a regiment to secure equal rights for women. Read More »
The Fall of the House of Usher (1928) Jean Epstein, Jean Debucourt, Marguerite Gance, Charles Lamy
Allan has a hard time finding the Usher’s house, which is known to be cursed… Read More »
We’re All Still Here (1997) Anne-Marie Miéville, Aurore Clément, Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Luc Godard
Two housewives discuss philosophical themes (actually an updated dialogue of Plato and Socrates) while doing the house work Read More »
White Material (2009) Claire Denis, Isabelle Huppert, Christopher Lambert, Isaach De Bankolé
Denis revisits Africa, this time exploring a place rife with civil and racial conflict. Read More »