June 1940. German troops are advancing on Paris. Odile, a widowed teacher, succumbs Read More »
Tag Archives: french
The Prey of the Wind / La proie du vent (1927) René Clair, Sandra Milovanoff, Lillian Hall-Davis, Jean Murat
An early aviator crash lands in a remote European country where he falls in love with a beautiful woman. Read More »
Jacques et novembre (1984) Jean Beaudry, François Bouvier, Jean Beaudry, Marie Cantin, Carole Chatel
The film relates the last days of a 31-year old man who, doomed to die shortly Read More »
Hotel America / Hôtel des Amériques (1981) André Téchiné, Catherine Deneuve, Patrick Dewaere, Etienne Chicot
Hélène, a distracted pill-popping anesthetist, almost runs down Gilles Read More »
Not Here to Be Loved / Je ne suis pas là pour être aimé (2005) Stéphane Brizé, Patrick Chesnais, Anne Consigny, Georges Wilson
The fifty years old Jean-Claude has a boring life, working in a notary office Read More »
Les ogres / Ogros (2015) Léa Fehner, François Fehner, Marion Bouvarel, Marc Barbé
They go from town to town, a big top on their backs, their show over their shoulder. Read More »
It Happened at the Inn / Goupi mains rouges (1943) Jacques Becker, Fernand Ledoux, Georges Rollin, Blanchette Brunoy
In a french lost village an old woman is killed and her savings stolen. Read More »
The Horseman on the Roof / Le hussard sur le toit (1995) Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Olivier Martinez, Juliette Binoche, Pierre Arditi
In 1832, cholera ravages Provence (South of France). After several misadventures, Angelo Read More »
The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna / Die wunderbare Lüge der Nina Petrowna (1929) Hanns Schwarz, Brigitte Helm, Francis Lederer, Warwick Ward
The film’s story concerns the travails of a woman who has been living quite Read More »
Les garçons et Guillaume à table! (2013) Guillaume Gallienne
Mrs. Gallienne, a rather temperamental upper middle-class lady, has three children Read More »