Jean Lerat de la Grignotière is as full of himself as his name is long. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
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 »
Les grandes familles / The Possessors (1958) Denys de La Patellière, Jean Gabin, Annie Ducaux, Jean Desailly
Noël Schoudler is the head of a wealthy and powerful family in France. Read More »
The Rose King / Der Rosenkönig (1986) Werner Schroeter, Magdalena Montezuma, Mostefa Djadjam, Antonio Orlando
A mentally unstable woman and her son move to a sprawling mansion in Portugal to grow roses. Read More »