A Russian emigrant sings in a Shanghai nightclub under the assumed name of Kay Murphy. Read More »
Tag Archives: french
La machine (1977) Paul Vecchiali, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Sonia Saviange, Monique Mélinand
Pierre Lentier murders an 8-year-old in horrendous circumstances. Read More »
Eye of the Storm / L’oeil du cyclone (2015) Sekou Traoré, Maimouna N’Diaye, Fargass Assandé, Abidine Dioari
In a nameless, African country riven with civil war, a young female lawyer is the court-appointed counsel for a rebel leader. Read More »
The Diary of an Innocent Boy / Benjamin ou Les mémoires d’un puceau (1968) Michel Deville, Michèle Morgan, Michel Piccoli, Pierre Clémenti
France, 1750s; Benjamin has spent his entire childhood and early adolescence in the sole company of his tutor Camille. Read More »
Le torrent (2012) Simon Lavoie, Victor Andres Turgeon-Trelles, Laurence Leboeuf, Dominique Quesnel
1922. Raised on a remote farm by his strict mother who wants him to become a priest Read More »
Dog Day / Canicule (1984) Yves Boisset, Lee Marvin, Miou-Miou, Jean Carmet
A fugitive on the run from the law and carrying several million dollars hides out in the house of a farm family. Read More »
I Accuse / J’accuse (1919) Abel Gance, Romuald Joubé, Maxime Desjardins, Séverin-Mars
The story of two men, one married, the other the lover of the other’s wife Read More »
The Mouth Agape / La gueule ouverte (1974) Maurice Pialat, Nathalie Baye, Hubert Deschamps, Philippe Léotard
Monique is dying. Around her gather her unfaithful husband, her son, who is like his father Read More »
C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005) Jean-Marc Vallée, Michel Côté, Marc-André Grondin, Danielle Proulx
Born Christmas Day 1960, Zac Beaulieu is the fourth of five sons of Gervais and Laurianne Beaulieu. Read More »
La chinoise (1967) Jean-Luc Godard, Anne Wiazemsky, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Juliet Berto
A small group of French students are studying Mao, trying to find out their position Read More »