Shopkeeper Victor Garnier has naively invested his family’s life savings in an African mine, on his banker’s recommendation. Read More »
Tag Archives: french
La fille de l’eau / The Whirlpool of Fate (1925) Jean Renoir, Catherine Hessling, Charlotte Clasis, Pierre Champagne, Drama, Romance
After her father’s death and her uncle having drunk all the inheritance, Virginia is left alone. Read More »
Emanuelle in America (1977) [Uncut] Joe D’Amato, Laura Gemser, Gabriele Tinti, Roger Browne, Drama, Mystery, Sexploitation, Erotic
An American journalist travels throughout the world in search of a good story by joining a modern-day harem and traveling to Venice to see what really goes on at diplomatic parties. Read More »
Corps à coeur / Drugstore Romance (1979) Paul Vecchiali, Hélène Surgère, Nicolas Silberg, Béatrice Bruno, Drama, Romance
Pierrot, a mechanic in Paris, falls madly for an older woman, a chemist, who at first refuses his love. Read More »
Only the Cool / La peau de torpedo (1970) Jean Delannoy, Stéphane Audran, Klaus Kinski, Lilli Palmer, Crime, Thriller, Film-Noir
A secret agent is murdered by his jealous wife who mistakenly interprets his absences from home as acts of infidelity. This triggers a deadly chain of events. Will she be next? Read More »
Les nuits d’été / Summer Nights (2014) Mario Fanfani, Guillaume de Tonquédec, Jeanne Balibar, Nicolas Bouchaud, Drama
Michel and Hélèn Aubertin form a perfect couple. Michel is an ambitious notary and Hélèn splits her time between charity work and raising their son. Read More »
La prochaine fois je viserai le coeur / Next Time I’ll Aim for the Heart (2014) Cédric Anger, Guillaume Canet, Ana Girardot, Jean-Yves Berteloot, Crime, Drama, Thriller
For several months in 1978 and 1979, inhabitants of Oise live in fright and terror as a serial killer disturbs the peace and quiet. Read More »
Montréal la blanche / Montreal, White City (2016) Bachir Bensaddek, Rabah Aït Ouyahia, Karina Aktouf, Reda Guerinik, Drama
In Montreal, one evening when Christmas has fallen during Ramadan, the Muslim fast, the paths of two Algerians cross momentarily, resurrecting a past they thought was long buried. Read More »
Victoria / In Bed with Victoria (2016) Justine Triet, Virginie Efira, Vincent Lacoste, Melvil Poupaud, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Victoria is a thirty-something divorced lawyer who’s struggling to raise her two daughters. She is canny and cynical but on the verge of an emotional breakdown. Read More »
Compartiment tueurs / The Sleeping Car Murders (1965) Costa-Gavras, Catherine Allégret, Jacques Perrin, Simone Signoret, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Six people travel in a railroad sleeping car from Marseilles to Paris. Upon their arrival, a woman is found dead in one of the berths. Read More »