
Amid the turmoil of the Paris Commune in 1871, a young actress awakens to the power of politics and the cost of revolution. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
Cecilia (1983) Olivier Mathot, Jesús Franco, Muriel Montossé

After surviving a traumatic sexual assault, a woman struggles with the aftermath of her ordeal. Read More »
La femme publique / The Public Woman (1984) Andrzej Zulawski, Francis Huster, Valérie Kaprisky, Lambert Wilson

In Paris, a naïve young actress lands a role in a film based on Dostoyevsky’s The Possessed Read More »
Il était une fois Marilyn Jess / Sodomies brûlantes (1987) Michel Caputo, Marilyn Jess, Marina Borringer

In 1987, renowned French adult film star Marilyn Jess is making her final film Read More »
Jubiabá (1986) Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Grande Otelo, Julien Guiomar, Charles Baiano

A white girl and a black boy grow up together in the same house. Read More »
Flammes (1978) Adolfo Arrieta, Caroline Loeb, Xavier Grandès, Dionys Mascolo

Barbara, a young girl, lives in an old country house with her father and her teacher. Read More »
Dany the Ravager / Dany la ravageuse (1972) Willy Rozier, Sandra Julien, Jürgen Drews, Michel Paulin

The adventurous and seductive Dany goes astray Read More »
Parias de la gloire (1964) Henri Decoin, Curd Jürgens, Maurice Ronet, Folco Lulli

Ferrier’s brother was killed in WW2, and since he has taken a violent dislike to German people. Read More »
Mazel Tov ou le mariage (1968) Claude Berri, Elisabeth Wiener, Prudence Harrington

Claude and Isabella met on a beach one summer and got easily involved. Read More »
La vérité / The Truth (1960) Henri-Georges Clouzot, Brigitte Bardot, Paul Meurisse, Charles Vanel

Dominique Marceau is on trial for the murder of Gilbert Tellier. Read More »