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Tag Archives: France
The Police War / La guerre des polices (1979) Robin Davis, Claude Brasseur, Marlène Jobert, Claude Rich
Fush and Ballestrat are the heads of each department of the French police. Read More »
Safe Conduct / Laissez-passer (2002) Bertrand Tavernier, Jacques Gamblin, Denis Podalydès, Charlotte Kady
In occupied France, German-run Continental Films calls the shots in the movie business. Read More »
The Queen of Spades / La dame de pique (1965) Léonard Keigel, Dita Parlo, Michel Subor, Simone Bach
A countess married to Russia’s envoy to the court of Louis XVI is a gambling addict Read More »
Netchaiev Is Back / Netchaïev est de retour (1991) Jacques Deray, Yves Montand, Vincent Lindon, Patrick Chesnais
Freshly landed in Paris, Daniel Laurençon, who calls himself Netchaïev Read More »
Cold Water / L’eau froide (1994) Olivier Assayas, Virginie Ledoyen, Cyprien Fouquet, László Szabó
Gilles and Christine a boy and a girl live in the outskirts of Paris Read More »
The Hunchback / Le bossu (1944) Jean Delannoy, Pierre Blanchar, Paul Bernard, Yvonne Gaudeau
A wealthy aristocrat disguises himself as a poor, deformed hunchback in order to avenge a murder. Read More »
Prom / Le bal (1931) Wilhelm Thiele, Germaine Dermoz, Danielle Darrieux, André Lefaur
Two middle-class notions dealers live happily with their girl. Read More »
Blindfolded Eyes / Los Ojos Vendados (1978) Carlos Saura, Geraldine Chaplin, José Luis Gómez, Xabier Elorriaga
While attending an international conference which seeks to reduce the incidence Read More »
A Simple Story / Une histoire simple (1978) Claude Sautet, Romy Schneider, Bruno Cremer, Claude Brasseur
A simple story about simple people. A 38 old divorced woman (Marie), who now has a lover (Serge) but decides to leave him Read More »