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There’s Always a Price Tag / Retour de manivelle (1957)

An unemployed Frenchman who saves the life of a rich man is hired as a chauffeur by the grateful man Read More »
The Crisis (1992) Coline Serreau, Vincent Lindon

When Victor finds out one morning that his wife had left him and that she had forgotten Read More »
Napoléon (1955) Sacha Guitry, Jean-Pierre Aumont

Napoléon Bonaparte’s life, loves and exceptional destiny from 1769 to 1821, but as seen through the eyes of Talleyrand Read More »
Noroît / Northwest Wind (1976) Jacques Rivette

After her brother was killed by a notorious all-female pirate gang, Morag dedicates her life to bringing the murderers to justice. Read More »
Once More / Encore (1988) Paul Vecchiali, Jean-Louis Rolland

A man decides to leave his wife and finds his happiness elsewhere. Along the way he meets a man with whom he falls in love. Read More »
La désenchantée / The Disenchanted (1990) Benoît Jacquot

Seventeen-year-old Beth is just finishing school, and lives in Paris with her bedridden mother and younger brother. Read More »
Forces occultes (1943) Jean Mamy, Maurice Rémy, Gisèle Parry

The film recounts the life of a young member of parliament who joins the Freemasons in order to relaunch his career. Read More »
J’accuse! [Magirama] (1956) Abel Gance, Nelly Kaplan

A portmanteau work in four segments,designed to illustrate the expressive possibilities Read More »
The Blue Room / La chambre bleue (2014) Mathieu Amalric

A man and a woman, secretly in love, alone in a room. They desire each other, want each other, and even bite each other. Read More »