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Tag Archives: France
The Look of Silence (2014) Joshua Oppenheimer, Adi Rukun, M.Y. Basrun, Amir Hasan, Documentary, Biography, History
An Indonesian man with a communist background named Ramli was brutally murdered when the “Communist” purge occurred in 1965. Read More »
Tristana (1970) Luis Buñuel, Catherine Deneuve, Fernando Rey, Franco Nero, Drama
When the young woman Tristana’s mother dies, she is entrusted to the guardianship of the well-respected though old Don Lope. Read More »
Rum Runners (1971) Robert Enrico, Lino Ventura, Brigitte Bardot, Bill Travers, Adventure, Comedy
In the prohibition years, the ‘rumrunners’ travel through the Caribbean Sea with the forbidden liquor barely escaping the ship patrols. Read More »
Smoking/No Smoking (1993) Alain Resnais, Sabine Azéma, Pierre Arditi, Peter Hudson, Comedy
In Yorkshire, Toby Teasdale is the alcoholic director of a school and married with two children with Celia Teasdale that is very unhappy. Read More »
End of the Earth (1929) Jean Epstein, Gibois, Jean-Marie Laot, Malgorn, Drama
On the islet Bannec, off the coast of Brittany, four fishermen have set up camp for three months to harvest seaweed. Read More »
Feelings (2003) Noémie Lvovsky, Nathalie Baye, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Isabelle Carré, Drama, Romance
Two seemingly happily married French couples are forced to contend with a number of issues Read More »
Money (1983) Robert Bresson, Christian Patey, Sylvie Van den Elsen, Michel Briguet, Crime, Drama
A forged 500-franc note is cynically passed from person to person and shop to shop Read More »
Dirty Heroes (1967) Alberto De Martino, Frederick Stafford, Daniela Bianchi, John Ireland, Drama, War
Holland. Spring 1945. Two armies face each other in the final confrontation of World War II. Read More »
The Minister (2011) Pierre Schoeller, Olivier Gourmet, Michel Blanc, Zabou Breitman, Drama
Transport Minister Bertrand Saint-Jean is awoken in the middle of the night by his head of staff. A bus has gone off the road into a gully. Read More »