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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 »
Quelqu’un derrière la porte / Someone Behind the Door (1971) Nicolas Gessner, Charles Bronson, Anthony Perkins, Jill Ireland, Crime, Drama

Dr. Laurence Jeffries, a neurosurgeon, intent on his research, neglects his wife Frances. The frustrated woman accordingly takes a lover, Paul Damien, a French journalist. Read More »
Daguerréotypes (1976) Agnès Varda, Rosalie Varda, Documentary

Portraits of the people that occupy the small shops of the Rue Daguerre, Paris, where the filmmaker lived.
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Glissements progressifs du plaisir / Successive Slidings of Pleasure (1974) Alain Robbe-Grillet, Anicée Alvina, Olga Georges-Picot, Michael Lonsdale, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller, Erotic

A young woman is questioned by the police and the judges, suspected of being a modern witch. Read More »
On connaît la chanson / Same Old Song (1997) Alain Resnais, Pierre Arditi, Sabine Azéma, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance

Odile is looking for a new, bigger apartment. Her younger sister Camille just completed her doctoral thesis has fallen in love with an estate agent Read More »
Muriel ou Le temps d’un retour / Muriel, or The Time of Return (1963) Alain Resnais, Delphine Seyrig, Jean-Pierre Kérien, Nita Klein, Drama

In the seacoast town of Boulogne, Hélène sells antique furniture, living with her step-son, Bernard, who’s back from military duty in Algiers. Read More »
Le livre de Marie / The Book of Mary (1985) Anne-Marie Miéville, Bruno Cremer, Aurore Clément, Rebecca Hampton, Short, Drama

Marie, eleven years old, is experiencing difficult times. His parents will separate. The perception of his universe is profoundly disturbed. Read More »
Après la réconciliation / After the Reconciliation (2000) Claude Perron, Anne-Marie Miéville, Jacques Spiesser, Drama

Two women and two men meet, converse with one another and ask questions, even about the use of words, but especially about fundamental matters concerning happiness and love. Read More »
Le plaisir (1952) Max Ophüls, Jean Gabin, Danielle Darrieux, Simone Simon, Comedy, Drama, Romance

Three stories about the pleasure. The first one is about a man hiding his age behind a mask to keep going to balls and fancying women – pleasure and youth. Read More »