A man struggles with his identity, his life choices, his interracial relationship, and his latent homosexuality. Read More »
Tag Archives: french
Alceste à bicyclette / Bicycling with Molière (2013)
Two actors. One play. Can the differences between the two egocentric Read More »
The Moon in the Gutter (1983) Jean-Jacques Beineix, Gérard Depardieu, Nastassja Kinski, Victoria Abril
In Marseilles, a woman commits suicide after she is raped in an alley. Read More »
Bamako (2006) Abderrahmane Sissako, Aïssa Maïga, Tiécoura Traoré, Maimouna Hélène Diarra
Bamako. Melé is a bar singer, her husband Chaka is out of work Read More »
Poil de carotte (1973) Henri Graziani, Philippe Noiret, Monique Chaumette, Isabelle Ceaux
In rural France, an undernourished and unloved young boy attempts suicide. Based on the classic by Jules Renard. Read More »
Le bonheur / Happiness (1935) Marcel L’Herbier
Released in English-speaking countries as Happiness, Le Bonheur was based on a play by Henry Bernstein. Read More »
Fan-Fan the Tulip / Fanfan la tulipe (1952) Christian-Jaque, Gérard Philipe, Gina Lollobrigida, Marcel Herrand
Fanfan is a handsome young peasant. He joins the army to escape a forced marriage Read More »
Le radeau de la Méduse (1990) Iradj Azimi
Fort Saganne (1984) Alain Corneau
French civilization in the desert. Saganne is of peasant stock, with courage and a forceful will. Read More »
Close (2022) Lukas Dhont
The intense friendship between two thirteen-year old boys Leo and Remi suddenly gets disrupted. Read More »