The predicament of a woman who claims she is pregnant when she isn’t. What started out as a mistake becomes a pretence that has to be carried through Read More »
Tag Archives: french
Liste noire / Black List (1995) Jean-Marc Vallée, Michel Côté, Geneviève Brouillette, Sylvie Bourque, Drama, Thriller, Film-Noir
At the trial of a judge who was found with a prostitute, a list of clients pops up. Read More »
Le crime de Monsieur Lange / The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936) Jean Renoir, René Lefèvre, Florelle, Jules Berry, Comedy, Crime, Drama
A man and a woman arrive in a cafe-hotel near the belgian frontier. The customers recognize the man from the police’s description. Read More »
Ibiza al Desnudo (1982) Gérard Loubeau, Olinka Hardiman, Laura May, Dominique Saint Claire, Adult
While Mr. Oulard is philandering with a hitchhiker, his black mistress and a disco pick-up, his villa on Ibiza is invaded by three thugs who force themselves on his wife and his wife’s friend Read More »
Les amitiés particulières / This Special Friendship (1964) Jean Delannoy, Francis Lacombrade, Didier Haudepin, François Leccia, Drama
A tale of the tender relationship between a twelve-year-old boy and the upperclassman who is the object of his desire. All set in the rigid atmosphere of a Jesuit-run school.
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Les glaneurs et la glaneuse / The Gleaners and I (2000) François Wertheimer, Agnès Varda, Bodan Litnanski, Documentary
An intimate, picaresque inquiry into French life as lived by the country’s poor and its provident, as well as by the film’s own director, Agnes Varda. Read More »
L’amour fou / Mad Love (1969) Jacques Rivette, Bulle Ogier, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Josée Destoop, Drama, Romance
During the rehearsals for the production of the tragedy Andromaque, the leading actress and her director, a couple behind the scenes Read More »
Maître du monde / Master of the World (2011) Enrico Alexander Giordano, Boris Beynet, Drama
A 40-year-old broker leaves everything and turns his back on a society that no longer holds an attraction for him. Read More »
Max Mon Amour / Max My Love (1986) Nagisa Ôshima, Charlotte Rampling, Anthony Higgins, Victoria Abril, Comedy
Reserved and cool, Margaret is the French wife of Peter, a British diplomat posted to France with their son Nelson. Read More »
Le dimanche de la vie / The Sunday of Life (1967) Jean Herman, Danielle Darrieux, Jean-Pierre Moulin, Olivier Hussenot, Comedy
A still attractive lady (Danielle Darrieux in her strangest part) realizes that time is passing her by and she wants to marry a young virgin Read More »