Life in a one-parent family with a focus on the parent, Henri Neveu (Jean Gabin) Read More »
Tag Archives: France
Jerk (2021) Gisèle Vienne, Jonathan Capdevielle, Catherine Robbe-Grillet, Serge Ramon
From Dennis Cooper’s short novel, based upon true events. Texas, mid-1970’s. Read More »
All the Mornings of the World (1991) Alain Corneau, Gérard Depardieu, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Anne Brochet
It’s late 17th century. The viola da gamba player Monsieur de Sainte Colombe comes home to find that his wife died while he was away. Read More »
Sofia (2018) Meryem Benm’Barek-Aloïsi, Maha Alemi, Lubna Azabal, Sarah Perles
Sofia, 20, lives with her parents in Casablanca. Following a denial of pregnancy Read More »
The String / Le fil (2009) Mehdi Ben Attia, Claudia Cardinale, Antonin Stahly Viswanadhan, Salim Kechiouche
Malik has a lot on his plate when he returns home to Tunisia after living in France. Read More »
Spirale (1987) Christopher Frank, Richard Berry, Claire Nebout, Tchéky Karyo
Whilst spending a few days on the Côte d’Azur with his friends, Jérôme meets Simorre Read More »
Natan (2013) Paul Duane, David Cairns, Lenny Borger, Serge Bromberg, Bart Bull
Bernard Natan could be described as one of the fathers of French cinema. Read More »
Chimes at Midnight (1965) Campanadas a medianoche
Sir John Falstaff is the hero in this compilation of extracts from Shakespeare’s ‘Henry IV’ and other plays Read More »
The Accompanist / L’accompagnatrice (1992) Claude Miller, Richard Bohringer, Elena Safonova, Romane Bohringer
In Nazi-occupied Paris, a young accompanist named Sophie Vasseur gets Read More »
Louise (Take 2) (1998) Siegfried, Élodie Bouchez, Roschdy Zem, Gérald Thomassin
A shaky camera takes us through Paris: the winding tunnels Read More »