Louis is a hard working but crazy Paris taxi driver. Today he’s finishing work for the summer holiday: his family is going to Spain with his sister-in-law and her family Read More »
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La femme infidèle / The unfaithful wife (1969) Claude Chabrol, Stéphane Audran, Michel Bouquet, Maurice Ronet, Drama, Thriller
Charles Dasvellees (Michel Bouguet), an upper middle class businessman who suspects his wife Helene (Audran) of having an affair and hires a detective to prove himself right. Read More »
Le tonnerre de Dieu / The Thunder of God (1965) Denys de La Patellière, Jean Gabin, Michèle Mercier, Robert Hossein, Comedy, Drama
Brassac (Jean Gabin) is a drunken veterinarian who can’t resist bringing home stray animals and humans. Read More »
Jane B. par Agnès V. / Jane B. for Agnes V. (1988) Agnès Varda, Jane Birkin, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Philippe Léotard, Biography, Fantasy
Actress and recording star Jane Birkin and filmmaker Agnes Varda shared an interest in feminism.
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Vidocq / Dark Portals: The Chronicles of Vidocq (2001) Pitof, Gérard Depardieu, Guillaume Canet, Inés Sastre, Action, Crime, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Paris, 1830. Former criminal, inventor, master of disguise, scientist, detective, and all around genius Vidocq (Gerard Depardieu) appears to have become a victim of his latest case. Read More »
Le crâneur / The Hotshot (1955) Dimitri Kirsanoff, Marina Vlady, Raymond Pellegrin, Dora Doll, Crime, Drama
When Betty Bell, a dancer at a swanky nightclub Le Toboggan, is found dead in a telephone booth suspicion falls immediately on her lover, Philippe, a former stuntman. Read More »
Pouic-Pouic / Squeak-Squeak (1963) Jean Girault, Louis de Funès, Mireille Darc, Roger Dumas, Comedy
Léonard Monestier has made his fortune trading on the stock exchange. His eccentric wife Cynthia almost bankrupts him by selling some of his shares to buy an oil concession in South America. Read More »
Le farceur / The Joker (1960) Philippe de Broca, Anouk Aimée, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Palau, Comedy
Edouard Berlon (Jean-Pierre Cassel) is a happy-go-lucky rogue who takes nothing seriously and flits irresponisbly from one affair to another. Read More »
A Virgin Among the Living Dead (1973) Jesus Franco, Jean Rollin, Christina von Blanc, Britt Nichols, Rosa Palomar, Horror, Erotic
A girl arrives from London to visit her estranged relatives in a remote castle for the reading of her father’s will. Read More »
Peur de rien / Parisienne (2015) Danielle Arbid, Manal Issa, Vincent Lacoste, Paul Hamy, Drama
Lina is a Lebanese Student that just arrived to Paris to continue her studies in a French University in 1993, only to find that the Chaos Read More »
La Blonde aux seins nus / The Blonde with Bare Breasts (2010) Manuel Pradal, Vahina Giocante, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Steve Le Roi, Adventure, Drama, Romance
The two brothers Julien (Nicolas Duvauchelle) and Louis (Steve Le Roi) work on their father’s steel barge, which he won’t let them inherit. Read More »
Mobile Home (2012) François Pirot, Arthur Dupont, Guillaume Gouix, Jean-Paul Bonnaire, Comedy, Drama
After having broken up with his girlfriend and left his job, Simon has come back to his small hometown in the countryside, where he meets up again with his old friend Julien. Read More »
État de siège / State of Siege (1972) Costa-Gavras, Yves Montand, Renato Salvatori, O.E. Hasse, Drama, Thriller
In Uruguay in the early 1970s, an official of the US Agency for International Development (a group used as a front for training foreign police in counterinsurgency methods) is kidnapped by a group of urban guerillas. Read More »
Sinon, oui (1997) Claire Simon, Catherine Mendez, Emmanuel Clarke, Lou Castel, Drama
The predicament of a woman who claims she is pregnant when she isn’t. What started out as a mistake becomes a pretence that has to be carried through Read More »
Liste noire / Black List (1995) Jean-Marc Vallée, Michel Côté, Geneviève Brouillette, Sylvie Bourque, Drama, Thriller, Film-Noir
At the trial of a judge who was found with a prostitute, a list of clients pops up. Read More »