A woman, named simply “Elle” and her husband, a wealthy industrialist, are not on the best of terms. Read More »
Tag Archives: french
Time Out AKA L’emploi du temps (2001) Laurent Cantet, Aurélien Recoing, Karin Viard, Serge Livrozet
Recently fired from his job, but unable to confess the truth to his close-knit family Read More »
The Wind Turns AKA Le vent tourne (2018) Bettina Oberli, Mélanie Thierry, Pierre Deladonchamps, Nuno Lopes
Pauline, a young farmer, raises her animals far from the modern world. Read More »
In the Dust of the Sun AKA Dans la poussière du soleil (1972) Richard Balducci, Maria Schell, Bob Cunningham, Daniel Beretta
In the dry, dusty western hamlet of San Angelo, landowner Joe Bradford kills his brother Read More »
Tango libre (2012) Frédéric Fonteyne, François Damiens, Sergi López, Jan Hammenecker
A prison guard is attracted to a woman at his weekly tango class. They meet again when she visits her husband in the prison where he works Read More »
Kings and Queen AKA Rois et reine (2004) Arnaud Desplechin, Emmanuelle Devos, Geoffrey Carey, Thierry Bosc
The stories of Nora during a brief period when her father falls ill and of Ismaël while involuntarily committed Read More »
Girls in Distress AKA Jeunes filles en détresse (1939) Georg Wilhelm Pabst, Marcelle Chantal, Jacqueline Delubac, André Luguet
Jacqueline is sixteen. Her parents are kept very busy by their mutual careers (Dad is a renowned attorney and Mum is a doctor running her own clinic). Read More »
Games of Clouds and Rain AKA Les jeux des nuages et de la pluie (2013) Benjamin de Lajarte, Simon Yam, Heling Li, Audrey Dana
Li Qin leaves her temperamental husband and unknowingly provides a trail for a detective who has been, for months, secretly devoted to her. Read More »
Jacques Rivette – The Night Watchman AKA Jacques Rivette – Le veilleur (1994) Claire Denis, Serge Daney, Jacques Rivette, Bulle Ogier
This film of interviews with the film director Jacques Rivette was produced in collaboration with Serge Daney Read More »
Whatever You Say AKA Mon idole (2002) Guillaume Canet, François Berléand, Diane Kruger
Young Bastien is very pleased when his hugely successful TV producer boss Jean-Louis Broustal Read More »