The 35-hour work week has all of France in its thrall. This film turns it into a feature about economic and familial politics. Read More »
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Gang of Four AKA La bande des quatre (1989) Jacques Rivette, Bulle Ogier, Benoît Régent, Fejria Deliba
A drama following 4 women at stage school. Read More »
Goodbye Emmanuelle (1977) François Leterrier, Sylvia Kristel, Umberto Orsini, Jean-Pierre Bouvier
Emmanuelle and her architect husband continue their amoral lifestyle in the Seychelles. Read More »
Madame Bovary (1991) Claude Chabrol
In nineteenth-century France, the romantic daughter of a country squire (Emma Rouault) marries a dull country doctor (Charles Bovary). Read More »
The Lacemaker AKA La dentellière (1977) Claude Goretta, Isabelle Huppert, Yves Beneyton, Florence Giorgetti
Timid, discreet, and humble, the guileless nineteen-year-old assistant hairdresser, Pomme, lives with her doting mother and works in a Parisian beauty salon. Read More »
Le 6 juin à l’aube (1946) Jean Grémillon
The film starts by a visit to bucolic Normandy before the events. Read More »
Nothing But Time AKA Rien que les heures (1926) Alberto Cavalcanti, Blanche Bernis, Nina Chousvalowa, Philippe Hériat
A city: we know it’s Paris by its monuments, but it could be anywhere; the lives of the poor are the same. Read More »
Weapons of the Spirit (1987) Pierre Sauvage, Henri Héritier, Emma Héritier
Pierre Sauvage was born in a small village in France in 1944, among what would become as many as 5000 Jews Read More »
On Venom and Eternity AKA Traité de bave et d’éternité (1951) Isidore Isou, Jean-Louis Barrault, Blanchette Brunoy
In this experimental film, Isidore Isou, the leader of the lettrist movement Read More »
Dust of Life AKA Poussières de vie (1995) Rachid Bouchareb, Daniel Guyant, Gilles Chitlaphone, Jehan Pagès
Based on a true story, after the US withdrawal and the fall of South Vietnam Read More »