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Tag Archives: french
Ça va barder / Give ’em Hell (1955) John Berry, Eddie Constantine, May Britt, Jean Danet, Action, Adventure, Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
During the 1950s, in Portuguese Mozambique, small-time American hustler, ex-soldier, ex-boxer and adventurer Johnny Jordan is looking for a new gig. Read More »
Tendre poulet (1978) Dear Detective
Romance in the prime of life. When Lise’s car bumps Antoine’s bike, they recognize each other from a brief fling 20 years before while at the Sorbonne. Read More »
Stupeur et tremblements / Fear and Trembling (2003) Alain Corneau, Sylvie Testud, Kaori Tsuji, Tarô Suwa, Comedy, Drama
A Belgian woman looks back on her year at a Japanese corporation in Tokyo in 1990. She is Amélie, born in Japan, living there until age 5. Read More »
Quand tu liras cette lettre / When You Read This Letter (1953) Jean-Pierre Melville, Philippe Lemaire, Juliette Gréco, Yvonne Sanson, Drama
Juliette Greco plays Therese, a nun-in-training who returns to “civilian” life to care for her young sister Denise (Irene Gatter). Read More »
Danton (1983) Andrzej Wajda, Gérard Depardieu, Wojciech Pszoniak, Anne Alvaro, Biography, Drama, History
Action opens in November of 1793, with Danton returning to Paris from his country retreat upon learning that the Committee for Public Safety, under Robespierre’s incitement Read More »
Touki Bouki / Journey of the Hyena (1973) Djibril Diop Mambéty, Magaye Niang, Mareme Niang, Aminata Fall, Drama
Mory, a cowherd who rides a motorcycle mounted with a cow’s skull, and Anta, a university student, have met in Dakar, Senegal’s capital. Read More »
Waiting for Happiness (2002) Sissako, Khatra Ould Abder Kader, Maata Ould Mohamed Abeid, Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamed, Drama, Music
On the seacoast of Mauritania, some wait to go to Europe. Khatra, a spirited boy, wants an electric light so he can read at night. Read More »
Copie conforme / Certified Copy (2010) Abbas Kiarostami, Juliette Binoche, William Shimell, Jean-Claude Carrière, Drama
James Miller has just written a book on the value of a copy versus the original work of art. Read More »
Het dak van de Walvis / On Top of the Whale (1982) Raoul Ruiz, Jean Badin, Fernando Bordeu, Herbert Curiel, Fantasy
A parody of anthropology, linguistics, and cultural imperialism. The film follows an unlikely team of linguists into the wilds of an ersatz Patagonia Read More »