This documentary follows the daily life of a section of the police station of the fifth “arrondissement” (district) of Paris. Read More »
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Frantz (2016) François Ozon, Pierre Niney, Paula Beer, Ernst Stötzner
In 1919 Quedlinburg, Germany, a young woman named Anna is still mourning the death of her fiance Read More »
Last Year at Marienbad AKA L’année dernière à Marienbad (1961) Alain Resnais, Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoëff
At a weekend gathering, a man tries to convince a woman that they had met there and spent some time together the previous year. Read More »
Elle (2016) Paul Verhoeven, Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny
Michèle seems indestructible. Head of a successful video game company Read More »
Human Resources AKA Ressources humaines (1999) Laurent Cantet, Jalil Lespert, Jean-Claude Vallod, Chantal Barré
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 »
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 »