In late nineteenth century Charante, Protestant minister Jean Barnery causes local disquiet when he arranges a separation from his obsessive wife – and more talk when he decides to take her back. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
To Meteoro Vima tou Pelargou / The Suspended Step of the Stork (1991) Theodoros Angelopoulos, Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau, Gregory Patrick Karr, Drama, Romance
Alexandre, a TV reporter, is working for a few days in a border town, where a lot of refugees from Albania, Turkey and Kurdistan are packed in. Read More »
La morte-saison des amours / The Season for Love (1961) Pierre Kast, Françoise Arnoul, Daniel Gélin, Pierre Vaneck, Comedy, Drama
Sylvain, a suave, witty player as well as an accomplished writer and Genevieve met 10 months ago. Read More »
Le capitaine Fracasse / Captain Fracasse (1943) Abel Gance, Fernand Gravey, Assia Noris, Jean Weber, Drama
A destitute baron joins a troupe of travelling actors. Read More »
Une femme aux abois / The Slave (1962) Max Pécas, Claude Cerval, Sylvie Coste, Marie-Christine Weill, Crime
Carol’s marriage is suddenly threatened by the appearance of some pornographic photographs taken 9 years earlier, when she was 19 years old and desperate for money. Read More »
Une aussi longue absence / The Long Absence (1961) Henri Colpi, Alida Valli, Georges Wilson, Charles Blavette, Drama
Thérèse Langlois, who runs a small café in the suburbs of Paris, lives alone, awaiting her long lost husband. Read More »
Ava (2017) Léa Mysius, Noée Abita, Laure Calamy, Juan Cano, Drama, Romance
Ava, 13, is spending the summer on the Atlantic coast when she learns that she will lose her sight sooner than expected. Read More »
Le fate / The Queens (1966) Mauro Bolognini, Mario Monicelli, Monica Vitti, Enrico Maria Salerno, Claudia Cardinale, Comedy
Four unrelated short comedies by four different directors. “Queen Sabina”chronicles the sexual misadventures of a teenage girl on the road home. Read More »
Hitganvut Yehidim / Infiltration (2010) Dover Koshashvili, Guy Adler, Oz Zehavi, Michael Aloni, Drama
The 1956, a few years after the War of Independence and the establishment of the State of Israel. Read More »
Une étrange affaire / Strange Affair (1981) Pierre Granier-Deferre, Michel Piccoli, Gérard Lanvin, Nathalie Baye
Louis Coline assists the head of advertising of a department store in decline. Read More »