The film takes place mostly in a surrealistic fantasy around the time of the execution of Joan of Arc. Joan of Arc, played by Ingrid Bergman, is being burned alive for heresy. Read More »
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Female Agents (2008) Jean-Paul Salomé, Sophie Marceau, Julie Depardieu, Moritz Bleibtreu, Drama, War
May 1944, a group of French servicewomen and resistance fighters are enlisted into the British Special Operations Executive commando group under the command of Louise Desfontaines and her brother Pierre. Read More »
The Golden Age (1930) Luis Buñuel, Gaston Modot, Lya Lys, Caridad de Laberdesque, Comedy, Drama
A party of dignitaries arrive on the shore of an island to pay homage to some dead heroes but are outraged to see a couple making love on the beach. Read More »
I Spit on Your Grave (1959) Michel Gast, Christian Marquand, Antonella Lualdi, Fernand Ledoux, Crime, Drama, Romance
In the American south, light-skinned Afro-American Joe Grant leaves Memphis and moves to a small town after his 18-year-old brother Sonny is brutally lynched for attempting to marry a white woman. Read More »
A Private Affair (2002) Guillaume Nicloux, Thierry Lhermitte, Marion Cotillard, Samuel Le Bihan, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
It’s been six months since Rachel Siprien disappeared. At the request of Rachel’s mother, private detective François takes over the investigation. Read More »
My Case (1986) Manoel de Oliveira, Bulle Ogier, Luís Miguel Cintra, Axel Bogousslavsky, Drama, Fantasy
Four versions of the same story, first in the perspective of a theatre play, second in the perspective of a silent film Read More »
L.627 (1992) Bertrand Tavernier, Avec Didier Bezace, Jean-Paul Comart, Charlotte Kady, Philippe Torreton, Crime, Drama, Thriller
A police inspector more because he loves it than because it’s his job, Lucien Marquet, 35, nicknamed Lulu, spends his nights and days sniffing out clues that might lead to solving cases. Read More »
Big Trouble (1986) John Cassavetes, Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Beverly D’Angelo, Comedy
Leonard Hoffman is an insurance salesman struggling to make ends meet. The fact that he has triplet sons who all want to go to Yale isn’t making things any easier. Read More »
S.O.S. Noronha (1957) Georges Rouquier, Jean Marais, Yves Massard, José Lewgoy, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Story of a group of radio-men, on the isle of Noronha, off the coast of Brazil, whose post was attacked by escaped convicts Read More »
Carthage in Flames (1960) Carmine Gallone, Pierre Brasseur, Daniel Gélin, Anne Heywood, Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance, War
Historical drama depicting the last of the Punic Wars between the Roman Republic and Carthage. Read More »