A bizarre and tragic love story involving swineherd, village fool, teacher and an agricultural pilot. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
Les nuits d’été / Summer Nights (2014) Mario Fanfani, Guillaume de Tonquédec, Jeanne Balibar, Nicolas Bouchaud, Drama
Michel and Hélèn Aubertin form a perfect couple. Michel is an ambitious notary and Hélèn splits her time between charity work and raising their son. Read More »
La prochaine fois je viserai le coeur / Next Time I’ll Aim for the Heart (2014) Cédric Anger, Guillaume Canet, Ana Girardot, Jean-Yves Berteloot, Crime, Drama, Thriller
For several months in 1978 and 1979, inhabitants of Oise live in fright and terror as a serial killer disturbs the peace and quiet. Read More »
Victoria / In Bed with Victoria (2016) Justine Triet, Virginie Efira, Vincent Lacoste, Melvil Poupaud, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Victoria is a thirty-something divorced lawyer who’s struggling to raise her two daughters. She is canny and cynical but on the verge of an emotional breakdown. Read More »
Hors la vie / Out of Life (1991) Maroun Bagdadi, Hippolyte Girardot, Rafik Ali Ahmad, Hussein Sbeity, Drama
Patrick Perrault, a photo-journalist covering the war in Beirut in the late 1980s, is himself caught up in the hostilities when one day he is picked up and bundled into a car at gun-point. Read More »
Compartiment tueurs / The Sleeping Car Murders (1965) Costa-Gavras, Catherine Allégret, Jacques Perrin, Simone Signoret, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Six people travel in a railroad sleeping car from Marseilles to Paris. Upon their arrival, a woman is found dead in one of the berths. Read More »
Donne-moi la main / Give Me Your Hand (2008) Pascal-Alex Vincent, Alexandre Carril, Victor Carril, Anaïs Demoustier, Drama, Romance
Twin 18-year-olds hitchhike to their mother’s funeral in Spain. The journey changes their lives forever. Read More »
Three Times / Zui hao de shi guang (2005) Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Qi Shu, Chen Chang, Fang Mei, Drama, Romance
There are three stories of women and men: in “A Time for Love” set in 1966, a soldier searches for a young woman he met one afternoon playing pool Read More »
Les petites guerres / Little Wars (1982) Maroun Bagdadi, Soraya Khoury, Nabil Ismaïl, Roger Hawa, Drama, War
Lebanon, 1975. How Tahal, an affluent young man becomes a warlord ; how Soraya, the girl he leaves behind, tries to help him in abducting a businessman Read More »
Les guerriers de la beauté (2003) Pierre Coulibeuf, Els Deceukelier, William Forsythe, Emio Greco, Fantasy, Arthouse, Performance
The filmic composition creates a fictive space that conveys the multiple perspectives generated by Fabre’s imaginings. Read More »