Paul Javal is a writer who is hired to make a script for a new movie about Ulysses more commercial, which is to be directed by Fritz Lang and produced by Jeremy Prokosch. Read More »
Tag Archives: french
Gebo and the Shadow (2012) Manoel de Oliveira, Michael Lonsdale, Claudia Cardinale, Jeanne Moreau, Drama
Set in the late 19th century, about a honored but poor patriarch who sacrifices himself to protect his fugitive son. Read More »
56 rue Pigalle (1949) Willy Rozier, Jacques Dumesnil, Marie Déa, Aimé Clariond, Drama
Lucien Bonnet, Jean Vigneron’s manservant, blackmails his boss, who is having an affair with Inès de Montalban, married to Ricardo. Read More »
Le corps de mon ennemi / Body of My Enemy (1976) Henri Verneuil, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Bernard Blier, Marie-France Pisier, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Francois always despised the textile barons who ruled his local town. But he fell in love with the family heiress Gilberte. Read More »
L’assassinat du Père Noël / The Killing of Santa Claus (1941) Roger Chapatte, Christian-Jaque, Harry Baur, Renée Faure, Marie-Hélène Dasté, Comedy, Drama, Mystery
High up in the French Alps, the inhabitants of a small mountain village are busy preparing for Christmas. Read More »
Two Days One Night / Deux jours, une nuit (2014) Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Marion Cotillard, Fabrizio Rongione, Catherine Salée, Drama
Sandra, a young Belgian mother, discovers that her workmates have opted for a significant pay bonus, in exchange for her dismissal. Read More »
The Lovers of Midnight (1931) Augusto Genina, Marc Allégret, Danièle Parola, Pierre Batcheff, Louis Zellas, Crime, Drama, Romance
Gaston Bouchard, sentenced to 20 years in a penal colony, escapes and meets Marcel Valmont on the train. Read More »
Breathless (1960) Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger, Crime, Drama
Michel Poiccard, an irresponsible sociopath and small-time thief, steals a car and impulsively murders the motorcycle policeman who pursues him. Read More »
Backbiters (1924) Albert Dieudonné, Jean Renoir, Catherine Hessling, Albert Dieudonné, Eugénie Nau, Drama
Catherine is a servant girl working for the local mayor and victim of the sharp tongues of the mayor’s wife and her friends. Read More »
Aunt Zita (1968) Robert Enrico, Joanna Shimkus, Katina Paxinou, Bernard Fresson, Drama
While taking care of her dying aunt Zita, Annie decides to make an evening of it and experience the nightlife of Paris. Read More »