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Tag Archives: french
Up and Down AKA Parpaillon (1993) Luc Moullet, Jean Abeillé, Clément Boutterin, Brigitte Canaan
A bicycle race is held every year in a pass of the Alps called Parpaillon. Read More »
Shipwrecked on Route D 17 AKA Les naufragés de la D17 (2002) Luc Moullet, Patrick Bouchitey, Iliana Lolitch, Sabine Haudepin
During the Gulf War, the paths of several groups of characters cross in France’s most desert-like region. Read More »
The Cow and I AKA La vache et le prisonnier (1959) Henri Verneuil, Fernandel, Pierre-Louis, Ellen Schwiers
In 1942, a French prisonner of war in Germany decide to escape to France using a cow hold by a lunge as a decoy. He cross all Germany in this way. Read More »
The Legacy AKA L’héritage (2006) Géla Babluani, Temur Babluani, Sylvie Testud, Stanislas Merhar, Olga Legrand
Three French hipsters and their translator travel through rural Georgia to claim a remote, ruined castle that one of them has inherited. Read More »
Sweet Ecstasy AKA Douce Violence (1962) Max Pécas, Pierre Brice, Elke Sommer, Vittoria Prada
Olivier, a handsome but callow and moody young student, picks up an enthusiastic actress during a theatre rehearsal Read More »
Yoshiwara (1937) Max Ophüls, Pierre Richard-Willm
Late nineteenth century. Young Kohana is sent to Yoshiwara, a suburb of Tokyo where exercise the profession of geisha. Read More »
Evening Dress AKA Tenue de soirée (1986) Bertrand Blier, Gérard Depardieu, Michel Blanc, Miou-Miou
A bisexual petty criminal named Bob encounters a married couple arguing in a bar. Read More »
Tamango (1958) John Berry, Dorothy Dandridge, Curd Jürgens, Jean Servais
A Dutch slave captain, on a voyage to Cuba, faces a revolt fomented by a newly captured African slave, Tamango. Read More »
The Silent World / Le monde du silence (1956)
This pioneering nature documentary investigates aquatic habitats in various locations around the world. Read More »