
One of the few WW2 films that indeed had something to tell. And probably it still has to tell something, as it concerns a subject that is not very well publicly known. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
The First Man (2011) Gianni Amelio, Michel Crémadès, Jacques Gamblin, Mickaël Batret

Franco-Italian production filmed in French and Italian directed by Amelio, based on the latest novel by Albert Camus, “The first man” unfinished work published in 1994. Read More »
The Turin Horse (2011) Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky, János Derzsi, Erika Bók, Mihály Kormos

1889. German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche witnessed the whipping of a horse while traveling in Turin, Italy. Read More »
Delusions of Grandeur (1971) Gérard Oury, Louis de Funès, Yves Montand, Alice Sapritch

Don Salluste, a petty tyrant in his own home and minister of the King of Spain, falls from grace. Read More »
Anyone Can Win (1963) Henri Verneuil, Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Claude Cerval

Charles (Jean Gabin), a sixtyish career criminal fresh out of jail, rejects his wife’s plan for a quiet life of bourgeois respectability. Read More »
A New Life (2002) Philippe Grandrieux, Zachary Knighton, Anna Mouglalis, Marc Barbé

The story involves a young American who falls obsessively in love with a mysterious courtesan named Melania against the backdrop of a dilapidated Eastern European landscape. Read More »
Peppermint Soda (1977) Diane Kurys, Eléonore Klarwein, Odile Michel, Anouk Ferjac

In the fall of 1963, Anne is becoming a teenager. She lives in Paris with her mother and her older sister, Frédérique. Read More »
11 Flowers (2011) Xiaoshuai Wang, Jingchun Wang, Wenqing Liu, Guo Liuxing Zhong

11-year-old Wang lives with his family in a remote village in China. Life is tough, but they make the most of what little they have. Read More »
Broken Flowers (2005) Jim Jarmusch, Bill Murray, Jessica Lange, Sharon Stone

The resolutely single Don Johnston has just been dumped by his latest lover, Sherry. Don resigns himself to being alone yet again and left to his own devices. Read More »
A Game for Six Lovers (1960) Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Bernadette Lafont, Françoise Brion, Alexandra Stewart

Miléna is living in her grandmother’s baroque château when the rich lady dies. Read More »