After the death of her mother Marianne, a young cellist discovers that her father had a mistress. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
Emergency Kisses / Les baisers de secours (1989)
The familiar conflicts of a film director planning to make a movie about his life Read More »
The Wild Goose Lake (2019) Yi’nan Diao, Ge Hu
A gangster on the run sacrifices everything for his family and a woman he meets while on the lam. Read More »
See You Friday, Robinson (2022) Mitra Farahani
An insight into the role of the artist in the 20th and 21st centuries, with anything less than razor-sharp insight and humor. Read More »
Starting Place/Point de départ (1994) Robert Kramer
In Starting Place, Robert Kramer revisits Hanoi, two decades after the end of the war Read More »
One Does Not Bury Sunday (1960) Michel Drach
The hero is a black man from Martinique who lives in Paris and feels nostalgic for his island. Read More »
The Colors of the Devil (1997) Alain Jessua
A young talented painter dreams of glory. A man promises it in exchange for his talent and his soul. Read More »
Agir Roman (1997) Mustafa Altioklar, Okan Bayülgen
A young car mechanic, while in the middle of an unlikely love affair, tries to protect the people in his poor gypsy neighborhood Read More »
Man from Cocody (1965) Christian-Jaque, Jean Marais
An Embassy attache and a butterfly hunter become involved in a treasure hunt between two rival gangs. Read More »
The Adventures of Pinocchio (1972) Luigi Comencini
Based on Carlo Collodi’s classic novel, this mini-series is about an animated puppet named Pinocchio and his father, a poor woodcarver named Geppetto. Read More »