In rural France, an undernourished and unloved young boy attempts suicide. Based on the classic by Jules Renard. Read More »
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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 »
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 »