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Tag Archives: french
The Battle of Algiers (1966) Gillo Pontecorvo, Brahim Hadjadj, Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi

A film commissioned by the Algerian government that shows the Algerian revolution from both sides. Read More »
The Two Orphans (1965) Les deux orphelines

Two orphaned sisters are caught up in the turmoil of the French Revolution, encountering misery and love along the way. Read More »
The Abyss (1988) L’oeuvre au noir

In the sixteenth century, Spain occupies Flanders, an Inquisition enforces the faith. Read More »
The Man Who Lies (1968) Alain Robbe-Grillet, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Sylvie Bréal, Zuzana Kocúriková

This enigmatic, plodding story concerns a man who may or may not have betrayed a resistance fighter in his hometown during World War II. Read More »
The First Man (2011) Gianni Amelio, Michel Crémadès, Jacques Gamblin, Mickaël Batret

Franco-Italian production filmed in French and Italian directed by Amelio, based on the latest novel by Albert Camus, “The first man” unfinished work published in 1994. Read More »
Delusions of Grandeur (1971) Gérard Oury, Louis de Funès, Yves Montand, Alice Sapritch

Don Salluste, a petty tyrant in his own home and minister of the King of Spain, falls from grace. Read More »
Sarah prefers to run (2013) Chloé Robichaud, Sophie Desmarais, Jean-Sébastien Courchesne, Geneviève Boivin-Roussy

The film is about the pursuit of a goal and tackles the anxieties of a young athlete who lives only for the race. Read More »
Anyone Can Win (1963) Henri Verneuil, Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Claude Cerval

Charles (Jean Gabin), a sixtyish career criminal fresh out of jail, rejects his wife’s plan for a quiet life of bourgeois respectability. Read More »
A New Life (2002) Philippe Grandrieux, Zachary Knighton, Anna Mouglalis, Marc Barbé

The story involves a young American who falls obsessively in love with a mysterious courtesan named Melania against the backdrop of a dilapidated Eastern European landscape. Read More »