
In eighteenth-century France a girl (Suzanne Simonin) is forced against her will to take vows as a nun. Read More »
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Egon Schiele – Exzesse / Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment (1981) Herbert Vesely, Mathieu Carrière, Jane Birkin, Christine Kaufmann

The life of cursed painter Egon Shiele, specialized in nudes, and on his late conflicting love for two women. Read More »
Crime and Punishment (1935) Josef von Sternberg, Edward Arnold, Peter Lorre, Marian Marsh

Roderick Raskolnikov, a brilliant criminology student and writer, becomes embittered by poverty and his inability to support his family. Read More »
Crime et châtiment / Crime and Punishment (1956) Georges Lampin, Jean Gabin, Marina Vlady, Ulla Jacobsson

Convinced of his own intelligence and talent, René Brunel (Robert Hossein) decide to try that is above Read More »
Operation Double Cross / Train d’enfer (1965) Gilles Grangier, Jean Marais, Marisa Mell, Gérard Tichy

In Barcelona, secret agent Antoine Donadieu thwarts the plans of a Nazi scientist. Read More »
The Others / Les autres (1974) Hugo Santiago, Maurice Born, Noëlle Châtelet, Patrice Dally

Spinoza tries to discover the causes why his son committed suicide. Read More »
The Old Lady Who Wades in the Sea (1991) Laurent Heynemann, Jeanne Moreau, Michel Serrault, Luc Thuillier

Lady M. wades every morning through the sea in order to heal her pain. Read More »
Spotlight on a Murderer (1961) Georges Franju, Pierre Brasseur, Pascale Audret, Marianne Koch

When he sees his days are old count Hervé p Kéraudren decides to hide in a secret alcove and to perish there, simply to frighten his heirs. Read More »
Hellhole (2019) Bas Devos, Lubna Azabal, Hamza Belarbi, Amine Benhilal

The portrait of a wounded city in enigmatic images: at its center stand Brussels Read More »
Betty Fisher and Other Stories (2001) Claude Miller, Sandrine Kiberlain, Nicole Garcia, Mathilde Seigner

Grieving after the death of her young son Joseph, novelist Betty Fisher enters a dark depression. Read More »