In the summer of 1991 an elderly woman Ghislaine Marchal Read More »
Tag Archives: France
Q / Sexual Desire (2011) Laurent Bouhnik, Déborah Révy, Hélène Zimmer, Gowan Didi
Set in Cheg, France and in a social context deteriorated by a countrywide economic crisis Read More »
Marianne (1997) Benoît Jacquot
A romance of 18th-century Paris: Virginie Ledoyen plays a lovely and graceful orphan Read More »
France société anonyme / French Anonymity Society (1974) Alain Corneau, Michel Bouquet, Allyn Ann McLerie, Roland Dubillard
Year 2222. A former drug dealer who keeps someone alive artificially, tells how, in France in the 70s Read More »
The Quiet American (2002) Phillip Noyce, Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser, Thi Hai Yen Do
British Thomas Fowler enjoys his life in Saigon working as a reporter for the London Times Read More »
Rue des Prairies (1959) Denys de La Patellière
Life in a one-parent family with a focus on the parent, Henri Neveu (Jean Gabin) Read More »
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 »