The true story of Paul who, after two years at the front, is mutilated and deserted. Read More »
Tag Archives: french
L’Atlantide (1921) Jacques Feyder, Jean Angelo, Stacia Napierkowska, Georges Melchior
Lost legionnaire André de Saint-Avit (Georges Melchoir) is rescued from the desert sands. Read More »
Eat Your Bones (2014) Jean-Charles Hue, Frédéric Dorkel, Jason François, Michael Dauber
18 year old Jason Dorkel belongs to a community of gypsies. Read More »
The Living World (2003) Eugène Green, Christelle Prot, Alexis Loret, Adrien Michaux
An ogre keeps in his castle two children, whom he intends to eat. Read More »
L’homme et l’enfant (1956) Raoul André, Eddie Constantine, Juliette Gréco, Folco Lulli
The “man” is Eddie Constantine; the “child” is Eddie’s adopted daughter. Read More »
The Return of the Tall Blond Man (1974) Yves Robert, Pierre Richard, Jean Carmet, Jean Rochefort
With ‘little captain’ Cambrai raising serious doubts about the reality of the so-called “super spy” Read More »
Léolo (1992) Jean-Claude Lauzon, Maxime Collin, Ginette Reno, Gilbert Sicotte
Young Leo Lauzon is torn between two worlds – the squalid Montreal tenement that he inhabits with his severely dysfunctional Read More »
Vagabond (1985) Agnès Varda, Sandrine Bonnaire, Macha Méril, Stéphane Freiss
In winter in the south of France, a young woman is found frozen in a ditch. Read More »
Line of Demarcation (1966) Claude Chabrol, Jean Seberg, Maurice Ronet, Daniel Gélin
A small village in the Jura is divided by the river Loue which marks the line of demarcation between Nazi occupied France and freedom. Read More »
Destinées (1954) Christian-Jaque, Jean Delannoy, Claudette Colbert, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Mirko Ellis
Three stories, very different in space and time. Lysistrata, a dancer from ancient times Read More »