Michel Descombes is a watchmaker in the district of Saint-Paul, Lyons. Read More »
Tag Archives: french
Cousin Jules / Le cousin Jules (1972) Dominique Benicheti, Jules Guiteaux, Félicie Guiteaux, Claude Chaudat
An ode to rural France and the simple joys of life, Dominique Benicheti’s glorious Read More »
To Catch a Spy / Action immédiate (1957) Maurice Labro, Henri Vidal, Barbara Laage, Jacques Dacqmine
The blueprints of an aeroplane built from an ultra-secret metal are stolen from national security. Read More »
Biquefarre (1983) Georges Rouquier, Henri Rouquier, Maria Rouquier, Roger Malet
Biquefarre is a small farm in Aveyron. The changing economics of farming lead Raoul Read More »
Françoise Steps Out / Rue de l’Estrapade (1953) Jacques Becker, Daniel Gélin, Louis Jourdan, Anne Vernon
While Henri Laurent speeds along on the racing circuits, his pretty wife Françoise goes from luxury boutique Read More »
Tell Me / Dis-moi (1980)
Chantal Akerman interviews her mother, and other elderly women who survived the Holocaust. Read More »
Antoine and Colette / Antoine et Colette (1962) François Truffaut, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Marie-France Pisier, Patrick Auffay
Antoine Doinel is 17, lives in a hotel and works in a factory making records; he loves music. Read More »
No Problem! / Pas de problème! (1975) Georges Lautner, Miou-Miou, Jean Lefebvre, Bernard Menez
Following a car chase and shootout, a man stumbles into a girl’s apartment and dies. Read More »
Once Upon A Forest / Il était une forêt (2013) Luc Jacquet, Francis Hallé, Michel Papineschi
From the creators of March of the Penguins and The Fox and the Child. Read More »
Life Together / La vie a deux (1958) Clément Duhour, Pierre Brasseur, Danielle Darrieux, Sophie Desmarets
The writer Pierre Carot became rich and famous with his book “Life as a Couple” Read More »