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Tag Archives: french
Liliom (1934) Fritz Lang, Charles Boyer, Madeleine Ozeray

Two women love the same man in a world of few prospects. In Budapest, Liliom is a “public figure,” a rascal who’s a carousel barker Read More »
The Game of Love (1954) Claude Autant-Lara, Edwige Feuillère

Based on the novel by Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette. Friends since infancy Read More »
Regain (1937) Marcel Pagnol, Gabriel Gabrio, Orane Demazis

One by one, the inhabitants of a provincial French village depart, until only the poacher Panturle remains. Read More »
Gito the Ungrateful / Gito, l’ingrat (1992) Léonce Ngabo

Gito is a young African intellectual returning home from France with numerous academic degrees Read More »
Simon, the Magician (1999) Ildikó Enyedi, Péter Andorai

In this surrealistic movie from the director of My 20th Century, the French police seek help from Simon Read More »
Actresses / Actrices (2007) Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

Marcelline is an actress. Forty, single and childless, she begins rehearsals for Turgenev’s A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY. Read More »
Slogan (1969) Pierre Grimblat, Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin

In Venice, forty-old-year old Serge Fabergé has just been given the best advertisement director award. Read More »
Souli (2004) Alexander Abela, Eduardo Noriega

Somewhere on the African continent in a small fishing village cut off from the rest of the world Read More »
I’ve Had It / J’ai mon voyage! (1973) Denis Héroux

When a Frenchman living in Quebec accepts a job promotion that takes him, his Quebecois wife Read More »