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The Secret Killer / Le vampire de Düsseldorf (1965) Robert Hossein, Marie-France Pisier, Roger Dutoit
A true story of Peter Kurten, a serial killer who committed nine murders Read More »
The Finger Man / Le doulos (1962) Jean-Pierre Melville, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Serge Reggiani, Jean Desailly
Fresh out of prison and hell-bent on revenge, the recently paroled burglar, Maurice Faugel Read More »
Between Love and Duty / Le bois des amants (1960) Claude Autant-Lara, Laurent Terzieff, Erika Remberg, Horst Frank
WW2, in occupied Brittany: a military German woman comes to visit her husband, a Kommandatur officer. Read More »
Courier of Lyons / L’affaire du courrier de Lyon (1937) Claude Autant-Lara, Maurice Lehmann, Pierre Blanchar, Dita Parlo, Jacques Copeau
Historical drama based on a true case of miscarriage of justice, the “Joseph Lesurques case” of 1796. Read More »
The Heart’s Cry / Le cri du coeur (1994) Idrissa Ouedraogo, Richard Bohringer, Saïd Diarra, Félicité Wouassi
Moctar lives in Mali with his mother Saffi and his ailing grandfather. Read More »
Today / Aujourd’hui (2012) Alain Gomis, Saul Williams, Djolof Mbengue, Anisia Uzeyman
Satché is about to die. He decides to make his last day on this world the day of his life. Read More »
Honey and Ashes / Miel et cendres (1996) Nadia Fares, Nozha Khouadra, Samia Mzali, Amel Hedhili
“Honey and Ashes” tells the stories of three women from contemporary North Africa. Read More »
There Was a Crooked Man… (1970) Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Kirk Douglas, Henry Fonda, Hume Cronyn
Charm, intelligence and success in criminal career doesn’t prevent Paris Pitman Jr. to start doing ten years in prison Read More »
You and Me / Toi et moi (2006) Julie Lopes-Curval, Marion Cotillard, Julie Depardieu, Jonathan Zaccaï
In Paris, Ariane and Lena are sisters. Ariane writes photo novellas for the magazine “Toi et Moi.” Read More »