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Tag Archives: France
Poil de carotte (1973) Henri Graziani, Philippe Noiret, Monique Chaumette, Isabelle Ceaux
In rural France, an undernourished and unloved young boy attempts suicide. Based on the classic by Jules Renard. Read More »
Le bonheur / Happiness (1935) Marcel L’Herbier
Released in English-speaking countries as Happiness, Le Bonheur was based on a play by Henry Bernstein. Read More »
Fan-Fan the Tulip / Fanfan la tulipe (1952) Christian-Jaque, Gérard Philipe, Gina Lollobrigida, Marcel Herrand
Fanfan is a handsome young peasant. He joins the army to escape a forced marriage Read More »
Le radeau de la Méduse (1990) Iradj Azimi
Fort Saganne (1984) Alain Corneau
French civilization in the desert. Saganne is of peasant stock, with courage and a forceful will. Read More »
Close (2022) Lukas Dhont
The intense friendship between two thirteen-year old boys Leo and Remi suddenly gets disrupted. Read More »
Success Is the Best Revenge (1984) Jerzy Skolimowski
Poland is under Communist rule. An exiled Polish theater director is in England Read More »
Eminent Domain (1990) John Irvin
A high-ranking Polish politburo member is banished from the party, and must find out why. Read More »
And the Little Prince Said / Le petit prince a dit (1992) Christine Pascal
A divorced Swiss couple must come to terms with their daughter’s life-threatening illness. Read More »