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Tag Archives: french
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 »
And the Little Prince Said / Le petit prince a dit (1992) Christine Pascal
A divorced Swiss couple must come to terms with their daughter’s life-threatening illness. Read More »
Last Summer (2023) Catherine Breillat
Follows Anne, a brilliant lawyer who lives with her husband Pierre and their daughters. Read More »
Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff (1977) Yves Boisset
The young judge Fayard is not afraid of anybody as he does his work honestly. Read More »
Cesar and Rosalie (1972) Claude Sautet
Rosalie is amicably divorced, dividing her time between her mother’s house Read More »
Pickpocket (1959) Robert Bresson
Michel takes up picking pockets as a hobby, and is arrested almost immediately Read More »
The Lovers of Midnight (1931) Augusto Genina
Gaston Bouchard, sentenced to 20 years in a penal colony, escapes and meets Marcel Valmont on the train. Read More »