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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 »
We Will All Meet in Paradise AKA Nous irons tous au paradis (1977) Yves Robert, Jean Rochefort, Claude Brasseur, Guy Bedos

The film is the immediate continuation of Un éléphant ça trompe énormément, released the previous year. Read More »
Prostitution (1975) Jean-François Davy, Claude Janna, Jocelyne Clairis, Dominique Erlanger

The director conducts a number of street interviews with prostitutes about their lives, and their costumers take a bashing out of this. Read More »