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La Ronde (1950) Max Ophüls, Anton Walbrook, Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani
An all-knowing interlocutor guides us through a series of affairs in Vienna, 1900. Read More »
The Raven (1943) Henri-Georges Clouzot, Pierre Fresnay, Ginette Leclerc, Micheline Francey
A vicious series of poison-pen letters spreads rumours, suspicion and fear among the inhabitants of a small French town Read More »
Car Cemetery (1983) Fernando Arrabal, Alain Bashung, Juliet Berto, Micha Bayard
Combining punk rock and post-apocalyptic mayhem, Arrabal’s outrageous adaptation of his infamous stage play is a gallows-humor romp in a wretched dystopia. Read More »
Quay of the Goldsmiths (1947) Henri-Georges Clouzot, Louis Jouvet, Simone Renant, Bernard Blier
Jenny Lamour wants to succeed in music hall. Her husband and accompanist is Maurice Martineau, a nice but jealous guy. Read More »
Michel Strogoff (1926) Viktor Tourjansky, Ivan Mozzhukhin, Nathalie Kovanko, Acho Chakatouny
Things look bleak for Russia when the invading Tartars cut off all telecommunications between the border cities and the capital. Read More »
Donne-moi tes yeux (1943) Sacha Guitry, Geneviève Guitry, Aimé Clariond
A renowned sculptor aged about fifty years, François Bressolles falls for the young Catherine Collet Read More »
A Judgement in Stone (1995) Claude Chabrol, Isabelle Huppert, Sandrine Bonnaire, Jacqueline Bisset
The upper-class owner of a gallery, Catherine Lelievre, hires the efficient and quiet maid Sophie to work in the family manor in the French countryside. Read More »
Flesh and the Woman (1954) Robert Siodmak, Gina Lollobrigida, Jean-Claude Pascal, Arletty
Pierre Martel is a brilliant lawyer in Paris who has fallen in love with a ravishing Italian girl Read More »
Donkey Skin (1970) Jacques Demy, Catherine Deneuve, Jean Marais, Jacques Perrin
The education of a princess wrapped in a love story. Read More »