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Tag Archives: France
The Palace (2023) Roman Polanski, Oliver Masucci, Fanny Ardant, John Cleese
A drama set on New Year’s Eve 1999 in a luxurious Swiss hotel where the lives of hotel workers and various guests get intertwined. Read More »
Tire-au-flanc 62 / The Sad Sack (1960) Claude de Givray, François Truffaut, Christian de Tillière, Ricet Barrier, Jacques Balutin
Jean Lerat de la Grignotière is as full of himself as his name is long. Read More »
Hissein Habré, une tragédie tchadienne (2016) Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Hissène Habré
In 2013 former Chadian dictator Hissein Habré’s arrest in Senegal marked the end of a long combat Read More »
Anger of the Gods / La colère des dieux (2003) Idrissa Ouedraogo, Omar Ouedraogo, Rasmané Ouédraogo, Ina Cissé
A king’s son takes over when his father dies. Read More »
The Death of Mario Ricci (1983) Claude Goretta, Gian Maria Volontè, Magali Noël, Heinz Bennent
A TV journalist and his assistant come to interview a sociologist whose books deal with world hunger Read More »
Don’t Open the Door for the Man in Black / Non aprire all’uomo nero (1990) Giulio Questi, Aurore Clément, Claudia Muzii, Stefania Orsola Garello
Francesca, deeply depressed, is being treated by a psychiatrist to overcome Read More »
L’étrange Madame X / Strange Madame X (1951) Jean Grémillon, Michèle Morgan, Henri Vidal, Arlette Thomas
Can a person really lead a double life? It looks as though Irène can. Read More »
Her Bridal Night / La mariée est trop belle (1956) Pierre Gaspard-Huit, Brigitte Bardot, Micheline Presle, Louis Jourdan
A country girl is discovered by a Paris magazine and becomes a top model. Read More »
Caché (2005) Michael Haneke, Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche, Maurice Bénichou
A married couple is terrorized by a series of surveillance videotapes left on their front porch. Read More »