
Cross-section of life in a Corsican village where tradition is revered, observing the locals throughout one summer. Read More »
Tag Archives: french
The Woman with the Knife (1969) La femme au couteau

A young man returns from Europe obsessed with his sexual inhibition. Read More »
Flandres (2006) Bruno Dumont, Adélaïde Leroux, Samuel Boidin, Henri Cretel

Flanders, north of France. Demester divides his time between his farm Read More »
Little Lise AKA La petite Lise (1930) Jean Grémillon, Pierre Alcover, Joe Alex, Alex Bernard

Victor Berthier, a good man but also a very jealous one, killed his wife in a fit of jealousy. Read More »
Half-Price / Demi-tarif (2003) Isild Le Besco, Cindy David, Kolia Litscher, Lila Salet

This is an exquisite tone poem about childhood, and abandonment, and freedom. Read More »
Home Front / Des hommes (2020) Lucas Belvaux, Gérard Depardieu, Catherine Frot, Jean-Pierre Darroussin

In a village where everyone knows everyone Read More »
The Man from Chicago / Le Ricain (1975) Sohban Kologlu, Stepan Melikyan, Jean-Marie Pallardy, Jess Hahn, Ilker Inanoglu, Gordon Mitchell

In Turkey, the son of a rich manager is kidnapped. Read More »
Behind Convent Walls (1978) Walerian Borowczyk, Ligia Branice, Howard Ross, Marina Pierro

A zealous, handsome priest, who is the confessor for a convent full of women Read More »
Treading Water / Jusqu’au cou (1964) Denis Héroux, Édith de Villers, Raymond Levasseur, Renée Lescop

The story of a young university student who deals with love in the midst of the Quebec separatist movement in the 1960s. Read More »
Le trou normand (1952) Jean Boyer, Bourvil, Pierre Larquey, Jane Marken
To inherited his uncle’s hotel and restaurant Hippolyte, a naive and simple man, must pass his primary school exam. Read More »
