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Tag Archives: France
La romana / Woman of Rome (1954) Luigi Zampa

During the fascist era, Adriana a beautiful young model, becomes a prostitute after a love affair gone wrong. Read More »
Hôtel Terminus (1988) Marcel Ophüls, Klaus Barbie

This full-length documentary deals with the life, career and trial of Nazi SS officer Klaus Barbie, known as the Butcher of Lyons. Read More »
Giovani mariti / Young Husbands (1958) Mauro Bolognini

The husbands in question rather casually enter into marriage, never intending true fidelity to their spouses. Read More »
Veillées d’armes (1994) Marcel Ophüls, Christiane Amanpour

We follow Marcel Ophuls’ two journeys to Sarajevo in 1993. He is starting a documentary about war correspondants. Read More »
The Town Is Quiet / La ville est tranquille (2000)

A dark tale of working-class life in Marseilles, a city in crisis. Read More »
Les démons (1973) Jesús Franco, Anne Libert, Carmen Yazalde

As the scarlet flames lick her pale and desperate face while the feeble body is eager to succumb Read More »
Liliom (1934) Fritz Lang, Charles Boyer, Madeleine Ozeray

Two women love the same man in a world of few prospects. In Budapest, Liliom is a “public figure,” a rascal who’s a carousel barker Read More »
The Game of Love (1954) Claude Autant-Lara, Edwige Feuillère

Based on the novel by Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette. Friends since infancy Read More »
Regain (1937) Marcel Pagnol, Gabriel Gabrio, Orane Demazis

One by one, the inhabitants of a provincial French village depart, until only the poacher Panturle remains. Read More »