Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution. Read More »
Tag Archives: french
The Twins of Brighton (1936) Claude Heymann, Raimu
Slapstick inheritance comedy based on the confusion between twin brothers Read More »
The Accident (1963) Edmond T. Gréville, Magali Noël
A young beautiful teacher is transfered to a remote island’s school, where her colleague Read More »
The Beggars / Les mendiants (1987) Benoît Jacquot
A gang of adults traffic illegally. A gang of children play at being traffickers Read More »
La Belle Époque (2019) Nicolas Bedos, Daniel Auteuil
Victor, a disillusioned sexagenarian, sees his life turned upside down Read More »
L’assassinat du Père Noël / The Killing of Santa Claus (1941)
High up in the French Alps, the inhabitants of a small mountain village are busy preparing for Christmas. Read More »
All the Fine Promises / Toutes ces belles promesses (2003)
After the death of her mother Marianne, a young cellist discovers that her father had a mistress. Read More »
Emergency Kisses / Les baisers de secours (1989)
The familiar conflicts of a film director planning to make a movie about his life Read More »
See You Friday, Robinson (2022) Mitra Farahani
An insight into the role of the artist in the 20th and 21st centuries, with anything less than razor-sharp insight and humor. Read More »
1987 (2014) Ricardo Trogi, Jean-Carl Boucher
In 1987, Ricardo is 17. That summer, he has a busy schedule: lose his virginity Read More »