Life in a one-parent family with a focus on the parent, Henri Neveu (Jean Gabin) Read More »
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Jerk (2021) Gisèle Vienne, Jonathan Capdevielle, Catherine Robbe-Grillet, Serge Ramon
From Dennis Cooper’s short novel, based upon true events. Texas, mid-1970’s. Read More »
All the Mornings of the World (1991) Alain Corneau, Gérard Depardieu, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Anne Brochet
It’s late 17th century. The viola da gamba player Monsieur de Sainte Colombe comes home to find that his wife died while he was away. Read More »
The String / Le fil (2009) Mehdi Ben Attia, Claudia Cardinale, Antonin Stahly Viswanadhan, Salim Kechiouche
Malik has a lot on his plate when he returns home to Tunisia after living in France. Read More »
Spirale (1987) Christopher Frank, Richard Berry, Claire Nebout, Tchéky Karyo
Whilst spending a few days on the Côte d’Azur with his friends, Jérôme meets Simorre Read More »
Natan (2013) Paul Duane, David Cairns, Lenny Borger, Serge Bromberg, Bart Bull
Bernard Natan could be described as one of the fathers of French cinema. Read More »
Summit Circle (2007) Contre toute espérance
Covered in blood, Réjeanne Poulin is in a near comatose state as she, a suspect Read More »
The Accompanist / L’accompagnatrice (1992) Claude Miller, Richard Bohringer, Elena Safonova, Romane Bohringer
In Nazi-occupied Paris, a young accompanist named Sophie Vasseur gets Read More »
Louise (Take 2) (1998) Siegfried, Élodie Bouchez, Roschdy Zem, Gérald Thomassin
A shaky camera takes us through Paris: the winding tunnels Read More »
The Respectful Whore / La p… respectueuse (1952) Charles Brabant, Marcello Pagliero, Barbara Laage, Ivan Desny, Walter Bryant
Fred, the nephew of a senator,has murdered a Black man on a train. Read More »