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Tag Archives: french
1987 (2014) Ricardo Trogi, Jean-Carl Boucher

In 1987, Ricardo is 17. That summer, he has a busy schedule: lose his virginity Read More »
Starting Place/Point de départ (1994) Robert Kramer

In Starting Place, Robert Kramer revisits Hanoi, two decades after the end of the war Read More »
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 »