In occupied France, German-run Continental Films calls the shots in the movie business. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
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 (1991) Netchaïev est de retour
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 »
Daggers Drawn / À couteaux tirés (1964) Charles Gérard, Françoise Arnoul, Petula Clark, Marcel Dalio
Off the coast of Monaco a Nazi treasure was sunk during WW2: 200 diamonds Read More »
The Track / La traque (1975) Serge Leroy, Mimsy Farmer, Jean-Luc Bideau, Michael Lonsdale
A young tourist is sexually assaulted by two men in the countryside. Read More »