Octave Verbrugge, a powerful Belgian building contractor, met Hugo Saint-Laurent Read More »
Tag Archives: french
Thieves / Les voleurs (1996) André Téchiné, Catherine Deneuve, Daniel Auteuil, Laurence Côte
In the middle of the night, someone brings Ivan’s body home to his wife and his sad-faced, jug-eared son. Read More »
Strayed / Les égarés (2003) André Téchiné, Emmanuelle Béart, Gaspard Ulliel, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet
June 1940. German troops are advancing on Paris. Odile, a widowed teacher, succumbs Read More »
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 (2015) Ogros – Léa Fehner
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 »