
Grigori Rasputin becomes a fixture of Russia’s Imperial Court after saving the life of Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, the haemophiliac heir to the throne. Read More »
Tag Archives: french
The Red and the Black (1954) Claude Autant-Lara, Gérard Philipe, Danielle Darrieux, Antonella Lualdi, Drama, Romance

It’s no holds barred for Julian in pursuit of upward mobility. Although expected to channel career aspirations into the Church of the post- Napoleonic era Read More »
Nelly and Mr. Arnaud (1995) Claude Sautet, Emmanuelle Béart, Michel Serrault, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Drama

When Nelly, a woman being just divorced, meets by chance M. Arnaud, a mature salesman just retired, begins a strange and special relationship between the two personalities. Read More »
Bizarre, Bizarre (1937) Marcel Carné, Louis Jouvet, Françoise Rosay, Michel Simon, Comedy

In Victorian London, the botanist Irwin Molyneux and his wife Margaret Molyneux are bankrupted Read More »
Black Girl (1966) Ousmane Sembene, Mbissine Thérèse Diop, Anne-Marie Jelinek, Robert Fontaine, Drama

A Senegalese woman is eager to find a better life abroad. She takes a job as a governess for a French family Read More »
Xala (1975) Ousmane Sembene, Thierno Leye, Myriam Niang, Seune Samb, Comedy

It is the dawn of Senegal’s independence from France, but as the citizens celebrate in the streets we soon become aware that only the faces have changed. Read More »
A Gentle Woman (1969) Robert Bresson, Dominique Sanda, Guy Frangin, Jeanne Lobre, Drama, Romance

A young woman kills herself, leaving no explanation to her grief-stricken pawnbroker husband. Read More »
Les Enfants Terribles (1950) Jean-Pierre Melville, Nicole Stéphane, Edouard Dermithe, Renée Cosima, Drama

In a snowball fight between schoolboys the handsome Dargelos hits the chest of Paul, who drops unconscious to the ground. Read More »
Entre Nous (1983) Diane Kurys, Miou-Miou, Isabelle Huppert, Guy Marchand, Biography, Drama, War

In 1942 in occupied France, a Jewish refugee marries a soldier to escape deportation to Germany. Read More »
The Wild Reeds (1994) André Téchiné, Élodie Bouchez, Gaël Morel, Stéphane Rideau, Drama

In a village in the Southwest of France, 1962. Maite and Francois are 18 years old. Read More »