
François’ mother, Mme Lepic, hates him and she nicknames him “Poil de Carotte” (Carrot hair). Read More »
Tag Archives: french
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

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 »
A Sunday in the Country / Un dimanche à la campagne (1984) Bertrand Tavernier, Louis Ducreux, Michel Aumont, Sabine Azéma

In France, before WWI. As every Sunday, an old painter living in the country is visited by his son Gonzague Read More »
War of the Buttons / La guerre des boutons (1962) Yves Robert, Jacques Dufilho, Yvette Etiévant, Michel Galabru

For generations, two rival French villages, Longueverne and Velrans, have been at war. Read More »