This enigmatic, plodding story concerns a man who may or may not have betrayed a resistance fighter in his hometown during World War II. Read More »
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The First Man (2011) Gianni Amelio, Michel Crémadès, Jacques Gamblin, Mickaël Batret
Franco-Italian production filmed in French and Italian directed by Amelio, based on the latest novel by Albert Camus, “The first man” unfinished work published in 1994. Read More »
Delusions of Grandeur (1971) Gérard Oury, Louis de Funès, Yves Montand, Alice Sapritch
Don Salluste, a petty tyrant in his own home and minister of the King of Spain, falls from grace. Read More »
Sarah prefers to run (2013) Chloé Robichaud, Sophie Desmarais, Jean-Sébastien Courchesne, Geneviève Boivin-Roussy
The film is about the pursuit of a goal and tackles the anxieties of a young athlete who lives only for the race. Read More »
Anyone Can Win (1963) Henri Verneuil, Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Claude Cerval
Charles (Jean Gabin), a sixtyish career criminal fresh out of jail, rejects his wife’s plan for a quiet life of bourgeois respectability. Read More »
A New Life (2002) Philippe Grandrieux, Zachary Knighton, Anna Mouglalis, Marc Barbé
The story involves a young American who falls obsessively in love with a mysterious courtesan named Melania against the backdrop of a dilapidated Eastern European landscape. Read More »
Peppermint Soda (1977) Diane Kurys, Eléonore Klarwein, Odile Michel, Anouk Ferjac
In the fall of 1963, Anne is becoming a teenager. She lives in Paris with her mother and her older sister, Frédérique. Read More »
Triple agent (2004) Eric Rohmer, Katerina Didaskalou, Serge Renko, Cyrielle Clair
France, 1936-37. The Popular Front wins elections, the Spanish Civil War begins, and Hitler and Stalin are manipulating and spying. Read More »
A Game for Six Lovers (1960) Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Bernadette Lafont, Françoise Brion, Alexandra Stewart
Miléna is living in her grandmother’s baroque château when the rich lady dies. Read More »
Deadly Circuit (1983) Claude Miller, Michel Serrault, Isabelle Adjani, Guy Marchand
Beauvoir, lonely, aging private detective, is put on the bloody track of beautiful Catherine Leiris who kills and robs her rich husband(s) on their wedding night. Read More »