This movie is a Marcel Aymé adaptation and it deals with the not-so-glorious side of the Occupation Read More »
Tag Archives: France
Bonnot’s Gang / La bande à Bonnot (1968) Philippe Fourastié, Jacques Brel, Bruno Cremer, Annie Girardot
A group of French anarchists are moved to violence when their leader Raymond (Jacques Brel) is captured. Read More »
Baad el Mawkeaa / After the Battle (2012) Yusri Nasrullah, Menna Shalabi, Bassem Samra, Nahed El Sebaï
Mahmoud was part of the armed groups coerced by the Egyptian Government which carried Read More »
Una prostituta al servizio del pubblico ed in regola con le leggi dello Stato (1971) Italo Zingarelli, Giovanna Ralli, Giancarlo Giannini, Denise Bataille
A prostitute and mother of two leaves her abusive husband for a young boxer Read More »
Le trésor des îles chiennes / Treasure of the Bitch Islands (1990) F.J. Ossang, Stéphane Ferrara, Diogo Dória, José Wallenstein
The world after the atomic age. An engineer disappears, together with his consortium (Kryo’Corp) and his discovery Read More »
Le Fils de Caligula (1992) Jean-Louis Costes
In his first feature film, Jean-Louis Costes is impersonating a modern day Caligula. Read More »
Days of Hope / L’espoir (1940) André Malraux, Boris Peskine, Andrés Mejuto, Nicolás Rodríguez, José Santpere
1937, during the spanish civil war, at Teruel. The fight of the Republicans (with very poor means but high commitment) Read More »
The Greatest Attack / Le toubib (1979) Pierre Granier-Deferre, Alain Delon, Véronique Jannot, Bernard Giraudeau
The story is set in June 1983. Famous surgeon Jean-Marie Desprée Read More »
Subterfuge / Faux fuyants (1983) Alain Bergala, Jean-Pierre Limosin, Olivier Perrier, Rachel Rachel, Serge De Closets
After coming out of a cinema, car driver Serge accidentally hits a man. Read More »
Silent House (2011) Chris Kentis, Laura Lau, Elizabeth Olsen, Adam Trese, Eric Sheffer Stevens
Husband-and-wife directorial team Chris Kentis and Laura Lau direct this suspense Read More »