Rural well-digger Pascal has a pretty 18-year-old daughter Patricia who grew up in Paris; he dreams of her marrying his middle-aged partner Felipe. Read More »
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Germinal (1993) Claude Berri, Renaud, Gérard Depardieu, Miou-Miou
It’s mid 19th century, north of France. The story of a coal miner’s town. They are exploited by the mine’s owner. Read More »
5150 Elms Way (2009) Éric Tessier, Marc-André Grondin, Normand D’Amour, Sonia Vachon
5150 ELM’S WAY is located at the end of a quiet street in a small town. Read More »
Stavisky… (1974) Alain Resnais, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, François Périer
Irrestisible charm and talent helps Serge Alexandre alias Stavisky, small-time swindler Read More »
Sobibor, Oct. 14, 1943, 4 p.m. (2001) Claude Lanzmann, Yehuda Lerner, Francine Kaufmann
A gripping account of the prisoners uprising at the Nazi extermination camp of Sobibor in 1943. Read More »
Le guignolo (1980) Georges Lautner, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Mirella D’Angelo, Michel Galabru
After the failure of his recent criminal exploits, international con artist Alexandre Dupré sets off for Venice to try to dupe some Japanese business men Read More »
Itinerary of a Spoiled Child (1988) Claude Lelouch, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Richard Anconina, Lio
A foundling, raised in the circus, Sam Lion becomes a businessman after a trapeze accident. Read More »
Brigitte and Brigitte (1966) Luc Moullet, Colette Descombes, Françoise Vatel, Claude Melki
A twenty minute documentary about the two smallest French villages. Read More »
Bad Seed (1934) Alexander Esway, Billy Wilder, Danielle Darrieux, Pierre Mingand, Raymond Galle
In the 30’s, in Paris, the playboy Henri Pasquier is supported by his father, Dr. Pasquier with money and a brandy new car. Read More »
Fantômas: The False Magistrate (1914) Louis Feuillade, René Navarre, Edmund Breon, Georges Melchior
Fantômas has been arrested and is jailed in Brussels, but inspector Juve wants him arrested and sentenced for all his crimes in France. Read More »