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 »
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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 »
The Blood of a Poet (1932) Jean Cocteau, Enrique Rivero, Elizabeth Lee Miller, Pauline Carton
A young artist draws a face at a canvas on his easel. Suddenly the mouth on the drawing comes into life and starts talking. Read More »
A Tale of Springtime (1990) Éric Rohmer, Anne Teyssèdre, Hugues Quester, Florence Darel
Simple conversations engender complicated human interactions. Read More »
See Here My Love (1979) Hugo Santiago, Catherine Deneuve, Sami Frey, Antoine Vitez
Young aristocrat Arnaud de Maule hires female private detective Claude Alphand to investigate a strange cult Read More »
Babette Goes to War (1959) Christian-Jaque, Brigitte Bardot, Jacques Charrier, Ronald Howard
During WW2, as the German forces rapidly advance toward the French coast, naive French country girl Babette makes her way to the coastal town of Dieppe. Read More »
Lucky Jo (1964) Michel Deville, Eddie Constantine, Pierre Brasseur, Georges Wilson
Lucky Jo and his three friends are little criminals, who try to live from small burglaries. Read More »
Because of a Woman (1963) Michel Deville, Jacques Charrier, Mylène Demongeot, Juliette Mayniel
A young man is a collector of feminine conquests. Read More »