It’s the spring of 1944 and Therese is in a hurry to get back to Paris. Read More »
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The Black Tulip / La tulipe noire (1964) Christian-Jaque, Alain Delon, Virna Lisi, Dawn Addams
In 1789, when the Revolution went on, a bandit named “Black Tulip” held the surroundings of village Roussillon in fear. Read More »
Summer / L’été (1968) Marcel Hanoun, Graziella Buci, Pierre-Henri Deleau
During the summer of 1968, a young French woman staying in an isolated country house reflects upon her involvement in the events of that May. Read More »
Wonder Boy – De sueur et de sang (1994) Paul Vecchiali, Fabienne Babe, Sam Djob, Kader Boukhanef
A reluctant boxer is the focus of this unique French romance. Maurice dreams of becoming a violinist. Read More »
The Shanghai Drama / Le drame de Shanghaï (1938) Georg Wilhelm Pabst, Christl Mardayn, Louis Jouvet, Raymond Rouleau
A Russian emigrant sings in a Shanghai nightclub under the assumed name of Kay Murphy. Read More »
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 »