In the seacoast town of Boulogne, Hélène sells antique furniture, living with her step-son, Bernard, who’s back from military duty in Algiers. Read More »
Tag Archives: french
Le livre de Marie / The Book of Mary (1985) Anne-Marie Miéville, Bruno Cremer, Aurore Clément, Rebecca Hampton, Short, Drama
Marie, eleven years old, is experiencing difficult times. His parents will separate. The perception of his universe is profoundly disturbed. Read More »
Après la réconciliation / After the Reconciliation (2000) Claude Perron, Anne-Marie Miéville, Jacques Spiesser, Drama
Two women and two men meet, converse with one another and ask questions, even about the use of words, but especially about fundamental matters concerning happiness and love. Read More »
Le plaisir (1952) Max Ophüls, Jean Gabin, Danielle Darrieux, Simone Simon, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Three stories about the pleasure. The first one is about a man hiding his age behind a mask to keep going to balls and fancying women – pleasure and youth. Read More »
La beauté du diable / Beauty and the Devil (1950) René Clair, Michel Simon, Gérard Philipe, Nicole Besnard, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Professor Henri Faust, retiring after 50 years as an alchemist in a circa-1700 university, despairs at still knowing nothing of the true secrets of nature Read More »
I Sent a Letter to My Love / Chère inconnue (1980) Moshé Mizrahi, Simone Signoret, Jean Rochefort, Delphine Seyrig, Drama
A middle-aged disabled man unknowingly begins a lonely hearts correspondence with his own unmarried sister, who takes care of him. Read More »
Deux hommes dans Manhattan / Two Men in Manhattan (1959) Jean-Pierre Melville, Pierre Grasset, Christiane Eudes, Ginger Hall, Crime, Drama, Thriller
A French UN delegate has disappeared into thin air, sending reporter Moreau (Jean-Pierre Melville) and hard drinking photographer Delmas (Pierre Grasset) on an assignment to find him. Their only lead is a picture of three women.
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Le hérisson / The Hedgehog (2009) Mona Achache, Josiane Balasko, Garance Le Guillermic, Togo Igawa, Drama
Paloma is a serious and highly articulate but deeply bored 11-year-old who has decided to kill herself on her 12th birthday. Read More »
Qui? / The Sensuous Assassin (1970) Léonard Keigel, Romy Schneider, Maurice Ronet, Gabriele Tinti, Mystery, Thriller
Marina and her boyfriend have an argument while on a trip in France. While driving with the car among the cliffs, he starts speeding and the car falls into the sea. Read More »
Attention, les Enfants Regardent / Attention, the Kids Are Watching (1978) Serge Leroy, Alain Delon, Sophie Renoir, Richard Constantini, Drama, Thriller
It’s set within a seaside villa, where under the care of a nanny, a group of children spend most of their days watching violent television shows. Read More »