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Tag Archives: french
The Erasers / Les gommes (1969) Lucien Deroisy, René Micha, Claude Titre, Françoise Brion, Georges Genicot
A detective is seeking an assassin in a murder that has not yet occurred Read More »
The End of the Day / La fin du jour (1939) Julien Duvivier, Victor Francen, Michel Simon, Louis Jouvet
Aged penniless actors are living in a old people’s home. They always talk about their past glory or failures. Read More »
The Seven Deadly Sins / Les sept péchés capitaux (1952) Yves Allégret, Claude Autant-Lara, Michèle Morgan, Françoise Rosay, Jean Debucourt
A French/Italian co-production with two episodes from Italy and five from France covering the seven deadly sins Read More »
The Watchmaker of St. Paul / L’horloger de Saint-Paul (1974) Bertrand Tavernier, Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Jacques Denis
Michel Descombes is a watchmaker in the district of Saint-Paul, Lyons. Read More »
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 »