Spino, a 50-year-old pathologist, works at the city morgue. Read More »
Tag Archives: french
To Commit a Murder (1967) Édouard Molinaro, Louis Jourdan, Senta Berger, Edmond O’Brien
Charles Beaulieu, who served as an Army officer during the Algerian War, has become a novelist. Read More »
Polar (1984) Jacques Bral, Jean-François Balmer, Sandra Montaigu, Pierre Santini
This film noir tends to stay within very conventional plot lines, as the narration by the main protagonist Read More »
Black Sunday (1977) John Frankenheimer, Robert Shaw, Bruce Dern, Marthe Keller
Terrorist organization Black September is planning an attack on the United States. Read More »
The Erl King (1931) Marie-Louise Iribe, Joë Hamman, Mary Costes, Rosa Bertens
A young man races to save his son’s life, but death – incarnated in the child’s imagination as the titular Erl King – calls unceasingly. Read More »
The Crossing of the Rhine (1960) André Cayatte, Charles Aznavour, Nicole Courcel, Georges Rivière
Following the defeat of France by Germany during WWII, two French soldiers are taken to a German farm as forced laborers. Read More »
Student Services (2010) Emmanuelle Bercot, Déborah François, Alain Cauchi, Mathieu Demy
A cash strapped college student goes to work as an escort in order to make ends meet Read More »
Three Men and a Cradle (1985) Coline Serreau, Roland Giraud, Michel Boujenah, André Dussollier
Jacques, Pierre, and Michel are three adult friends who enjoy single life until they find themselves stuck – with a baby. Read More »
Other People’s Money (1978) Christian de Chalonge, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Catherine Deneuve, Laura Kornbluh
Bank executive Rainier allows his firm to deliver adventurous investor Chevalier d’Aven a huge loan Read More »
Primrose Hill (2007) Mikhaël Hers, Hubert Benhamdine, Stéphanie Daub-Laurent, Thibault Vinçon, Jeanne Candel
While wending their way through curving alleys, a group of old friends, now in their mid-20s Read More »