The adventures of a sailor (Lennard) from Mexico to a lagoon in the Pacific ocean, and the meeting with a lonely girl (Lilian White). Read More »
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Mina de Vanghel (1953) Maurice Barry, Maurice Clavel, Odile Versois, Marie Sabouret, Alain Cuny
A romantic German girl is brought to France. After an interlude with an old roue Read More »
The Adolescent (1979) Jeanne Moreau, Simone Signoret, Francis Huster, Laetitia Chauveau
The summer of 1939. Marie, at 13, goes with her parents to visit her grandmother in a small town near Avignon. Read More »
Le party (1990) Pierre Falardeau, Charlotte Laurier, Benoît Dagenais, Julien Poulin
At a maximum security prison, there is preparation for the annual party where entertainers and strippers are scheduled to perform. Read More »
Gabrielle (2005) Patrice Chéreau, Isabelle Huppert, Pascal Greggory, Claudia Coli
Paris shortly before World War I. Wealthy and self-satisfied, Jean Hervey is returning home from work Read More »
The Wolf of the Malveneurs (1943) Guillaume Radot, Madeleine Sologne, Pierre Renoir, Gabrielle Dorziat
There’s a curse on the Malveneur family. There’s a black legend which tells that one of their ancestors sold his soul to the devil Read More »
The Gardener of Argenteuil (1966) Jean-Paul Le Chanois, Jean Gabin, Liselotte Pulver, Pierre Vernier
Under his daring look of flower lover and naive painter, Father Tulipe is a counterfeiter who only makes small cuts to improve his ordinary. Read More »
Lady Chatterley (2006) Pascale Ferran, Marina Hands, Jean-Louis Coulloc’h, Hippolyte Girardot
A French adaptation of the second (and much less well-known) version of D.H. Lawrence’s erotic tale. Read More »
Ki lo sa? (1986) Robert Guédiguian, Ariane Ascaride, Pierre Banderet, Jean-Pierre Darroussin
Here, Guédiguian regulars Ariane Ascaride, Gérard Meylan, Jean-Pierre Darroussin and Pierre Banderet play four disparate individuals who Read More »
The Magnificent Tramp (1959) Gilles Grangier, Jean Gabin, Darry Cowl, Bernard Blier
Archiméde is an old tramp who likes to think he is a cut above the rest. Read More »