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Tag Archives: french
Graduate First (1979) Maurice Pialat, Sabine Haudepin, Philippe Marlaud, Annick Alane, Drama, Romance
A study of a group of young working class people in a French village, who are embarking upon adult life. Read More »
Marquis (1989) Henri Xhonneux, François Marthouret, Valérie Kling, Michel Robin, Animation, Comedy
The scene is a pre-French Revolution Bastille, where various political prisoners are being held: a woman who was raped and impregnated by the king Read More »
Love in the Afternoon / L’amour l’après-midi (1972) Éric Rohmer, Bernard Verley, Zouzou, Françoise Verley, Drama, Romance
Though happily married to his adoring wife Hélène, with whom he is expecting a second child Read More »
La guerre des boutons / War of the Buttons (2011) Yann Samuell, Eric Elmosnino, Mathilde Seigner, Fred Testot, Adventure, Family
In the countryside of France, two groups of boys from the rural villages of Longeverne and Velran are in constant war against each other. Read More »
Land Without Bread (1933) Luis Buñuel, Abel Jacquin, Alexandre O’Neill, Documentary, Short
In this documentary short by director Luis Buñuel he travels to Las Hurdes, a remote region of Spain which was connected to the outside world only in 1922 with the completion of a road. Read More »
Already Dead (1998) Olivier Dahan, Romain Duris, Benoît Magimel, Zoé Félix, Crime, Drama
An ambitious young woman meets a group of affluent and feckless guys and together they plan to break into the pornographic industry with her as their star. Read More »
Ma nuit chez Maud / My Night at Maud’s (1969) Eric Rohmer, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Françoise Fabian, Marie-Christine Barrault, Comedy, Drama, Romance
The narrator (Jean-Louis), a devout Catholic, moves to a provincial town and vows to marry Francoise, a pretty blond he notices at mass. Read More »
Les Destinées sentimentales / Sentimental Destinies (2000) Olivier Assayas, Emmanuelle Béart, Charles Berling, Isabelle Huppert, Drama, Romance
In late nineteenth century Charante, Protestant minister Jean Barnery causes local disquiet when he arranges a separation from his obsessive wife – and more talk when he decides to take her back. Read More »
Oci Ciornie / Dark Eyes (1987) Nikita Mikhalkov, Marcello Mastroianni, Silvana Mangano, Marthe Keller, Comedy, Romance, Drama
Aboard a ship early in the 20th-century, a middle-aged Italian tells his story of love to a Russian. Read More »