Sophisticated crook talks ex-crook and now respectable business man into one last caper. Read More »
Tag Archives: french
1/3 des yeux (2004) Olivier Zabat
1/3 of the eyes is a poetic documentary on the contradictory forces present in our society and in every human being. Read More »
Uranus (1990) Claude Berri, Philippe Noiret, Gérard Depardieu, Michel Blanc, Comedy, Drama
After World War II, a small French village struggles to put the war behind as the controlling Communist Party tries to flush out Petain loyalists. Read More »
La comtesse perverse / Countess Perverse (1974) Jesús Franco, Alice Arno, Robert Woods, Howard Vernon
Two wealthy aristocrats lure a virginal girl to a Spanish island for a night of sex, death and cannibalism. Read More »
The Gates of Paris / Porte des Lilas (1957) René Clair, Pierre Brasseur, Georges Brassens, Henri Vidal
Juju, a drunken oaf who feels the need of being important to someone—anyone—and his friend, an artist Read More »
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 »