
The summer of 1939. Marie, at 13, goes with her parents to visit her grandmother in a small town near Avignon. Read More »
Tag Archives: french
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 »
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 »