Flanders, north of France. Demester divides his time between his farm Read More »
Tag Archives: french
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 »
Parc (2008) Arnaud des Pallières, Jean-Marc Barr, Sergi López, Nathalie Richard
Georges Clou is a successful salesman, enjoying the fruits of his labor Read More »
The Lonely Killers / Les tueurs fous (1972) Boris Szulzinger, Georges Aminel, Georges Aubert, Marc Audier
Two young delinquents decide to take up arms to kill any individual wandering their way. Read More »