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Tag Archives: french
Young Ahmed / Le jeune Ahmed (2019) Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Idir Ben Addi, Olivier Bonnaud, Myriem Akheddiou

A Belgian teenager hatches a plot to kill his teacher after embracing an extremist interpretation of the Quran. Read More »
Carrot Top / Poil de carotte (1925) Julien Duvivier, Henry Krauss, Charlotte Barbier-Krauss, André Heuzé

François’ mother, Mme Lepic, hates him and she nicknames him “Poil de Carotte” (Carrot hair). Read More »
Odette Toulemonde (2006) Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, Catherine Frot, Albert Dupontel, Jacques Weber

Odette dreams of thanking Balthazar Balsan, her favorite writer, for the optimism which she believes emanates from him. Read More »
The Widow Couderc / La veuve Couderc (1971) Pierre Granier-Deferre, Alain Delon, Simone Signoret, Ottavia Piccolo

Her youth has been spent working for a farm family, being raped by father and son Read More »
La grande vadrouille (1966) Gérard Oury, Bourvil, Louis de Funès, Claudio Brook

A RAF Bomber is shot down over Paris by the Germans. Its crew (Terry Thomas as a flight captain) land there by parachute. Read More »
The Sorrow and the Pity / Le chagrin et la pitié (1969) Marcel Ophüls, Helmut Tausend, Marcel Verdier, Alexis Grave

From 1940 to 1944, France’s Vichy government collaborated with Nazi Germany. Read More »
A Bad Son / Un mauvais fils (1980) Claude Sautet, Patrick Dewaere, Brigitte Fossey, Jacques Dufilho

Bruno is released from prison. He looks for a job and tries to start a new life. Read More »
Xchange (2001) Allan Moyle, Stephen Baldwin, Pascale Bussières, Kim Coates

In the near future, a company called Xchange owns a mind transference technology that enables Read More »
Little Brothers / Petits frères (1999) Jacques Doillon, Stéphanie Touly, Iliès Sefraoui, Mustapha Goumane

Talia runs away from home taking her beloved dog with her. Read More »