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The Tunnel (1933) Curtis Bernhardt, Jean Gabin, Madeleine Renaud, Robert Le Vigan
An engineer is hired to plan the construction of a undersea tunnel between Europe and the US. Read More »
Fantômas: The Dead Man Who Killed (1913) Louis Feuillade, René Navarre, Edmund Breon, Georges Melchior
After a body disappears from inside the prison, a series of crimes take place, all seemingly by the dead man. Read More »
One Life (1958) Alexandre Astruc, Maria Schell, Christian Marquand, Pascale Petit
Normandy, second half of the nineteenth century. Jeanne Dandieu lives in a manor house with her parents and their servant Rosalie. Read More »
The Thief of Paris (1967) Louis Malle, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Geneviève Bujold, Marie Dubois
In Paris around 1900, Georges Randal is brought up by his wealthy uncle, who steals his inheritance. Read More »
The Right of the Weakest (2006) Lucas Belvaux, Éric Caravaca, Claude Semal
In Liège, a group of men gathers every day in a café situated near the steel factory which once reigned supreme. Read More »
Divine (1935) Max Ophüls, Simone Berriau, George Rigaud, Gina Manès
Ludivine Jarisse is a young woman who lives a contented but unexciting life in the country. Read More »
Fantomas: The Man in Black (1913) Louis Feuillade, René Navarre, Edmund Breon, Georges Melchior
Naturally, after his last experience, Inspector Juve winces under such rebuff as the substitution of Valgrand and the escape of Fantomas. Read More »
Little Tailor (2010) Louis Garrel, Arthur Igual, Léa Seydoux, Albert Igual
A black and white movie that shows a young tailor (Arthur) who falls for a beautiful stage actress (Marie-Julie) and thinks about quitting everything for her Read More »
Lumière d’été (1943) Jean Grémillon, Madeleine Renaud, Pierre Brasseur, Madeleine Robinson
A shimmering glass hotel at the top of a remote Provençal mountain provides the setting for a tragicomic tapestry about an obsessive love pentangle Read More »
Fantômas: In the Shadow of the Guillotine (1913) Louis Feuillade, René Navarre, Edmund Breon, Georges Melchior
Princess Sonia Danidoff is staying at the Royal Palace Hotel, Paris, and withdraws $20,000 from the cashier’s custody Read More »
Like a Boomerang (1976) José Giovanni, Alain Delon, Carla Gravina, Dora Doll
Under the influence of drugs, a teenager, Eddy, kills a policeman. Read More »
Deep in the Woods (2010) Benoît Jacquot, Isild Le Besco, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Jérôme Kircher
In 1865, Timothee, a wanderer, arrives in a village in southern France pretending he is deaf and mute. Read More »
Intimate Strangers (2004) Patrice Leconte, Sandrine Bonnaire, Fabrice Luchini, Michel Duchaussoy
Because she picked the wrong door, Anna ends up confessing her marriage problems to a financial adviser named William Faber. Read More »
Le futur aux trousses (1975) Dolorès Grassian, Bernard Fresson, Claude Rich, Andréa Ferréol
The desire that many people have to live life with another more glamorous identity is the focus of this French satire. Read More »