A musical drawing room farce set in Paris in October, 1925. Gilberte, in middle-age, flirts with men but loves her husband Georges, wishing he were more demonstrative. Read More »
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Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to? (1973) Robert Lamoureux, Jean Lefebvre, Pierre Mondy, Aldo Maccione, War, Action, Comedy
1940: During the chaotic running fights of the French army the 7th company disappears – nobody knows they’ve been taken captive. Read More »
Diary of a Chambermaid (1964) Luis Buñuel, Jeanne Moreau, Georges Géret, Michel Piccoli, Crime, Drama
Celestine, the chambermaid, has new occupation around the nation. The Monteils, that works for are a bunch of odd men and women. Read More »
On Trial (1954) Julien Duvivier, Daniel Gélin, Madeleine Robinson, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Crime, Drama
Etzel, the son of prosecutor Wolf Andergast, finds that eight years ago his dad condemned Léonard Maurizius into a lifetime sentence for the murder of his wife Elisabeth. Read More »
The Phantom of Liberty (1974) Luis Buñuel, Jean-Claude Brialy, Adolfo Celi, Michel Piccoli, Comedy
This surrealist film is made up of series of only vaguely connected episodes, most beautifully the dinner party scene where individuals sit lavatories around a dinner table Read More »
In the Shadow of the Blue Rascal (1986) Pierre Clémenti, Achmi Gachem, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Drama, Thriller
Necrocity, a town of every terrors and also a place where even the government appear to fortify this particular state of mayhem Read More »
Gregoire Moulin vs. Humanity (2001) Artus de Penguern, Pascale Arbillot, Élisabeth Vitali, Comedy, Romance
Grégoire Moulin, a timid accountant, puts up a blind date with a dance instructor in a pub. Read More »
My Favorite Season (1993) André Téchiné, Catherine Deneuve, Daniel Auteuil, Marthe Villalonga, Drama, Romance
Too old to reside, Berthe goes with her daughter, Emile, who’s married with grown-up kids of her own. Read More »
Belle toujours (2006) Manoel de Oliveira, Michel Piccoli, Bulle Ogier, Ricardo Trêpa, Drama, Music
Belle toujours happened to me suddenly and, as I had the will to pay my tribute to Luis Buñuel and Jean-Claude Carrière, I had been happy to have discovered a means to accomplish this, Read More »
The Cry of the Owl (1987) Claude Chabrol, Christophe Malavoy, Mathilda May, Jacques Penot, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Robert is a professional and artist, in Vichy after breaking up from his wife, Véronique, herself recently engaged. Read More »