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Tag Archives: french
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

A small group of French students are studying Mao, trying to find out their position Read More »
Miracle of the Wolves AKA Le miracle des loups (1924) Raymond Bernard, Vanni Marcoux, Charles Dullin, Yvonne Sergyl

King Louis XI tries to unify France by all means fair or foul Read More »
King Solomon’s Mines (1950) Compton Bennett, Andrew Marton, Deborah Kerr, Stewart Granger, Richard Carlson

Guide Allan Quatermain helps a young lady (Beth) find her lost husband somewhere in Africa. Read More »