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Tag Archives: french
One Does Not Bury Sunday (1960) Michel Drach
The hero is a black man from Martinique who lives in Paris and feels nostalgic for his island. Read More »
The Colors of the Devil (1997) Alain Jessua
A young talented painter dreams of glory. A man promises it in exchange for his talent and his soul. Read More »
Man from Cocody (1965) Christian-Jaque, Jean Marais
An Embassy attache and a butterfly hunter become involved in a treasure hunt between two rival gangs. Read More »
Marrakesh Cult (1979) Eddy Matalon, Patrice Valota
The crime squad follows a track that leads to a Moroccan drug and prostitution ring. They end up involved into an international school to form a mercenary Read More »
My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister (1986)
This parody of the detective-story genre merrily detours into spoofing French foibles as well Read More »
Lacombe Lucien (1974) Louis Malle, Pierre Blaise
A small town in the south-west of France, summer of 1944. Having failed to join the resistance Read More »
Rewind & Play (2022) Alain Gomis, Thelonious Monk
The lack of respect with which the Black musician Thelonious Monk was treated in Autumn, 1969. Read More »
Victoire (2004) Stéphanie Murat, Sylvie Testud
Victoire is sweet, sensitive, nice and understanding. Read More »
Room of Death (2007) Alfred Lot, Mélanie Laurent
Two unemployed computer technicians discover 2 million euros next to a dead body in a field of windmills. Read More »