Ava, 13, is spending the summer on the Atlantic coast when she learns that she will lose her sight sooner than expected. Read More »
Tag Archives: french
Le Déclin de l’empire américain / The Decline of the American Empire (1986) Denys Arcand, Dominique Michel, Dorothée Berryman, Louise Portal, Comedy, Drama
Four very different Montreal university teachers gather at a rambling country house to prepare a dinner. Read More »
Une étrange affaire / Strange Affair (1981) Pierre Granier-Deferre, Michel Piccoli, Gérard Lanvin, Nathalie Baye
Louis Coline assists the head of advertising of a department store in decline. Read More »
Schaste / Happiness (1935) Aleksandr Medvedkin, Pyotr Zinovyev, Yelena Yegorova, Nikolay Cherkasov, Comedy, Drama
A hapless loser (with the surname of Loser) undergoes misadventures with avaracious clergy, a tired horse, and a walking granary (among other things) on his road to collectivized happiness. Read More »
Des femmes disparaissent / Girls Disappear (1959) Édouard Molinaro, Robert Hossein, Magali Noël, Estella Blain, Thriller
Pierre Rossi and Béatrice live in the same block of flats in Marseille and love each other. One night, Béatrice leaves her apartment. Read More »
Seul ou avec d’autres / Alone or With Others (1962) Denys Arcand, Denis Héroux, Michelle Boulizon, Nicole Braun, André Dubois, Drama
September 1961. It’s the start of a new academic year at the Université de Montréal. Nicole meets Pierre, a sophomore who shows her how to succeed in her courses without attending them. Read More »
Clair de femme / Womanlight (1979) Costa-Gavras, Yves Montand, Romy Schneider, Romolo Valli, Drama
Reciprocal consolation. The background of two middle-aged people (Michel and Lydia) is gradually unfolded. Michel’s wife is incurably ill. Read More »
Le quai des brumes / Port of Shadows (1938) Marcel Carné, Jean Gabin, Michel Simon, Michèle Morgan, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Life’s a rotten business, says Jean, a deserter who arrives at night in Le Havre, looking to leave the country. Read More »
Regarde les hommes tomber / See How They Fall (1994) Jacques Audiard, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean Yanne, Mathieu Kassovitz
Simon is a sales representative about fifty. When Mickey, his cop friend, is being shot, he leaves everything to find the murderers. Read More »
Le bonheur / Happiness (1965) Agnès Varda, Jean-Claude Drouot, Claire Drouot, Olivier Drouot, Drama, Romance
Francois is a young carpenter married with Therese. They have two little children. All goes well, life is beautiful, the sun shines and the birds sing. Read More »