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Stormy Waters (1941) Jean Grémillon, Jean Gabin, Madeleine Renaud, Michèle Morgan

Andre Laurent, the captain of a tugboat, married Yvonne ten years ago. She has a heart disease but does not want to tell him. Read More »
The well-diggers daughter (1940) Marcel Pagnol, Raimu, Fernandel, Josette Day

Rural well-digger Pascal has a pretty 18-year-old daughter Patricia who grew up in Paris; he dreams of her marrying his middle-aged partner Felipe. Read More »
Germinal (1993) Claude Berri, Renaud, Gérard Depardieu, Miou-Miou

It’s mid 19th century, north of France. The story of a coal miner’s town. They are exploited by the mine’s owner. Read More »
Aquarius (2016) Kleber Mendonça Filho, Sonia Braga, Maeve Jinkings, Irandhir Santos

Clara, a 65 year old widow and retired music critic, was born into a wealthy and traditional family in Recife, Brazil. Read More »
Stavisky… (1974) Alain Resnais, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, François Périer

Irrestisible charm and talent helps Serge Alexandre alias Stavisky, small-time swindler Read More »
Sobibor, Oct. 14, 1943, 4 p.m. (2001) Claude Lanzmann, Yehuda Lerner, Francine Kaufmann

A gripping account of the prisoners uprising at the Nazi extermination camp of Sobibor in 1943. Read More »
Le guignolo (1980) Georges Lautner, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Mirella D’Angelo, Michel Galabru

After the failure of his recent criminal exploits, international con artist Alexandre Dupré sets off for Venice to try to dupe some Japanese business men Read More »
Itinerary of a Spoiled Child (1988) Claude Lelouch, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Richard Anconina, Lio

A foundling, raised in the circus, Sam Lion becomes a businessman after a trapeze accident. Read More »
Lady Liberty (1971) Mario Monicelli, Sophia Loren, William Devane, Gigi Proietti

Maddalena and Michele fall in love in Italy in the 1960s, while working at a meat factory in Emilia stormed by the workers’ protest Read More »