Honorin (Fernandel) is the simple and naive stage manager of a traveling theatre troupe, whose one ambition is to once play the role of the cavalier in the opera “Francis I, or the Loves of the Beautiful Ferroniere”.
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Tag Archives: France
Los pianos mecánicos / The Uninhibited (1965) Juan Antonio Bardem, Melina Mercouri, Hardy Krüger, James Mason, Drama
Vincent, a young man from Paris, arrives at the small Spanish village of Caldeya. where his has been loaned a home by his friend, Reginald.
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The Wild Blue Yonder (2005) Werner Herzog, Brad Dourif, Donald Williams, Ellen Baker, Documentary, Sci-Fi
Planet Earth has been decimated, and as mankind searches space for a new planet to inhabit, a race of aliens attempt to make a new home on the now-inhospitable planet abandoned by the human race in director Werner Herzog’s strange sci-fi saga.
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La Dolce Vita (1960) Federico Fellini, Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimée, Comedy, Drama
Journalist and man-about-town Marcello struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of Rome’s elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by his girlfriend, all the while searching for a way to become a serious writer.
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Le rapport Darty (1989) Jean-Luc Godard, Anne-Marie Miéville, Politics, Philosophy
A daring deconstruction of consumerist behaviour featuring a robot and Miss Clio Darty, with a voiceover by Godard and Anne-Marie Miéville, this philosophical “report,” like so many of Godard’s commissions, was rejected by its funders.
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La captive du désert / Captive of the Desert (1990) Raymond Depardon, Sandrine Bonnaire, Dobi Koré, Fadi Taha, Drama
Based on the ordeal of Francoise Claustre, who was taken hostage by the Toubous, a nomadic tribe in the African desert.
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Les temps qui changent / Changing Times (2004) André Téchiné, Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Gilbert Melki, Drama, Romance
Connections and personality: France and Morocco, sisters, mothers and sons, husbands and lovers. Antoine arranges a job in Tangiers so he can reconnect to Cécile, his first love, unseen for 30 years.
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Hair Under the Roses AKA Du poil sous les roses (2000) Jean-Julien Chervier, Agnès Obadia, Julie Durand, Alexis Roucout, Alice Houri
Roudoudou, 14, is deeply in love. She makes a secret wish : to have big tits like her mother. Read More »
The Age of Ignorance / L’âge des ténèbres (2007) Denys Arcand, Marc Labrèche, Diane Kruger, Sylvie Léonard, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Jean-Marc is a man without qualities living in times that are out of joint. His wife and children ignore him; he’s a mid-level civil servant in Montreal doing his job without care.
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7 morts sur ordonnance / Bestial Quartet (1975) Jacques Rouffio, Michel Piccoli, Gérard Depardieu, Jane Birkin, Drama
Dr. Brézé and his sons, all surgeons with limited abilities fight any competition on their sector with all means.
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