Young nobleman Orlando is commanded by Queen Elizabeth I to stay forever young. Miraculously, he does just that. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
Un divan à New York / A Couch in New York (1996) Chantal Akerman, Juliette Binoche, William Hurt, Stephanie Buttle, Comedy, Romance
Dr. Henry Harriston is a successful psychoanalyst in New York City. When he is near a nervous breakdown, he arranges to change his flat with Beatrice Saulnier from France for a while. Read More »
Le testament du Docteur Cordelier / The Doctor’s Horrible Experiment (1959) Jean Renoir, Jean-Louis Barrault, Teddy Bilis, Sylviane Margollé, Drama, Horror
Mr. Joly, doctor Cordelier’s lawyer, is amazed to discover that his client and friend leaves his possessions to a stranger, Opale, a sadistic criminal. Read More »
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976) Nicolas Gessner, Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen, Alexis Smith, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Rynn Jacobs is a thirteen-year-old girl who lives in a secluded house that she and her father have rented in a quiet seaside community. Read More »
Conseil de famille / Family Business (1986) Costa-Gavras, Johnny Hallyday, Fanny Ardant, Guy Marchand, Comedy, Crime
French rocker Johnny Hallyday stars as a professional thief just released from jail. He returns to stealing to support his family. Read More »
La désenchantée / The Disenchanted (1990) Benoît Jacquot, Judith Godrèche, Marcel Bozonnet, Ivan Desny, Drama, Romance
Seventeen-year-old Beth is just finishing school, and lives in Paris with her bedridden mother and younger brother. Read More »
Tih Minh (1918) Louis Feuillade, Mary Harald, René Cresté, Georges Biscot, Adventure, Mystery
Jacques d’Athys, a French adventurer, returns to his home in Nice after an expedition to Indochina where he has picked up a Eurasian fiancée and a book that Read More »
Les Témoins / The Witnesses (2007) André Téchiné, Michel Blanc, Emmanuelle Béart, Sami Bouajila, Drama, Romance
June 1984 to June 1985, from happy days to war to summer’s return. A middle-aged doctor in Paris, Adrien, meets Manu, a young gay man from the provinces who lives with his sister, an opera singer. Read More »
Cita imposible (1958) Antonio Santillán, Beni Deus, Claudine Dupuis, Juanita Espín, Crime, Drama
When Rosario is released from a one year prison sentence in Barcelona women’s detention center, she is determined to prove her innocence. Read More »
Les innocents (1987) André Téchiné, Sandrine Bonnaire, Jean-Claude Brialy, Simon de La Brosse, Drama
The lines between love, sex, and politics become hopelessly blurred in this French drama. Read More »