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The Battle of the Rails AKA La bataille du rail (1946) René Clément, Marcel Barnault, Jean Clarieux, Jean Daurand
This movie is a story about French railroad workers who were Read More »
Oh Mercy! AKA Roubaix, une lumière (2019) Arnaud Desplechin, Roschdy Zem, Léa Seydoux, Sara Forestier
Against the backdrop of the working-class city of Roubaix, a commune near the Belgian Read More »
Un petit cas de conscience (2002) Marie-Claude Treilhou, Ingrid Bourgoin, Dominique Cabrera
Manon of the Spring AKA Manon des sources (1952) Marcel Pagnol, Edmond Ardisson, Henri Arius, André Bervil
More than anything in the world, Manon, a proud, solitary shepherdess of verdant Provence Read More »
West Indies (1979) Med Hondo, Cyril Aventurin, Fernand Berset, Roland Bertin
This vast musical fresco covers hundreds of years of history from enslavement Read More »
De son appartement (2007) Jean-Claude Rousseau
In the solitude of his apartment, Rousseau reads shorts excerpts from Racine’s Bérénice Read More »
Sweetie AKA La puce (1999) Emmanuelle Bercot, Isild Le Besco, Olivier Marchal, Jowan Le Besco
Marion is a 14 year old girl, on holidays at the sea. She is in conflict with her mother and family. Read More »
The Pebbles of Etratat AKA Les galets d’Étretat (1972) Sergio Gobbi, Virna Lisi, Maurice Ronet, Annie Cordy
A woman seeks revenge against the man who raped her after a car accident. Read More »
Waiting for the Barbarians AKA En attendant les barbares (2017) Eugène Green, Fitzgerald Berthon, Hélène Gratet, Arnaud Vrech
On the night of the world loom the barbarians, and six refugees Read More »
Square Fortune AKA Fortune carrée (1955) Bernard Borderie, Pedro Armendáriz, Paul Meurisse, Fernand Ledoux
Literary adaptation of an adventure from the 30s: An escaped convict from Read More »
The Secret Killer AKA Le vampire de Düsseldorf (1965) Robert Hossein, Marie-France Pisier, Roger Dutoit
A true story of Peter Kurten, a serial killer who committed nine murders Read More »
The Finger Man AKA Le doulos (1962) Jean-Pierre Melville, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Serge Reggiani, Jean Desailly
Fresh out of prison and hell-bent on revenge, the recently paroled burglar, Maurice Faugel Read More »
Between Love and Duty AKA Le bois des amants (1960) Claude Autant-Lara, Laurent Terzieff, Erika Remberg, Horst Frank
WW2, in occupied Brittany:a military German woman comes to visit her husband, a Kommandatur officer. Read More »
Courier of Lyons AKA L’affaire du courrier de Lyon (1937) Claude Autant-Lara, Maurice Lehmann, Pierre Blanchar, Dita Parlo, Jacques Copeau
Historical drama based on a true case of miscarriage of justice, the “Joseph Lesurques case” of 1796. Read More »