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Tag Archives: french
The Slap / La gifle (1974) Claude Pinoteau, Lino Ventura, Annie Girardot, Isabelle Adjani
Geography professor Jean has divorced his wife. His mistress has also left him. Read More »
Toni (1935) Jean Renoir, Charles Blavette, Celia Montalván, Jenny Hélia
In the 1920s, the Provence is a magnet for immigrants seeking work in the quarries or in agriculture. Read More »
To Each His Hell / À chacun son enfer (1977) André Cayatte, Annie Girardot, Hardy Krüger, Bernard Fresson
After her daughter is kidnapped and killed, a mother discovers that there can be something even worse after “the worst.” Read More »
The Virgins / Les vierges (1963) Jean-Pierre Mocky, Charles Aznavour, Gérard Blain, Francis Blanche
The story of five girls who are looking for their first love and first lovemaking. Read More »
The Night of the Hunted (1959) Bernard-Roland, Philippe Clay, Juliette Mayniel, Sami Frey
A young and hapless Antwerp thief, working for a gang led by leather-clad Philippe Clay, quarrels with his boss and kills him during a fight. Read More »
Les diaboliques (1955) Henri-Georges Clouzot, Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse
The wife and mistress of a loathed school principal plan to murder him with what they believe is the perfect alibi. Read More »
Horse Being / Être cheval (2015) Jérôme Clément-Wilz
Karen is training with a cowboy for her transformation into a horse. Read More »
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Gérard Depardieu, Anne Brochet, Vincent Perez
Famed swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is in love with his cousin Roxane. Read More »
La fiancée des ténèbres (1945) Serge de Poligny, Pierre Richard-Willm, Jany Holt, Line Noro
Sylvie, a girl who believes she is cursed having seen her two lovers die in tragic circumstances, lives in the town of Carcassonne Read More »