Viviane, a French Consul’s wife, is in New Guinea to find exotic feathers for export to Paris. Read More »
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Adorable menteuse / Adorable Liar (1962) Michel Deville, Marina Vlady, Macha Méril, Michel Vitold
Without a doubt, lovely Juliette loves to play the game of deception. Indeed, Juliette can’t resist Read More »
The Cat / Le chat (1971) Pierre Granier-Deferre, Jean Gabin, Simone Signoret, Annie Cordy
Courbevoie (France), 1971. Julien Bouin, a former typographist, and his wife Clemence Read More »
The Seventh Juror (1962) Georges Lautner, Bernard Blier, Maurice Biraud, Francis Blanche
In a moment of madness a respectable pharmacist kills a young woman who is sun-bathing by a lake. Read More »
The Sexual Life of the Belgians / La vie sexuelle des Belges 1950-1978 (1994) Jan Bucquoy, Jean-Henri Compère, Noe Francq, Isabelle Legros
Jan Bucquoy narrates the story of his sexual life to age 28, imagining his conception Read More »
Marked Girls / Prisons de femmes (1938) Roger Richebé, Viviane Romance, Renée Saint-Cyr, Marguerite Deval
Juliette, an innocent woman, is wrongly sentenced to prison for attempted murder. Read More »
Nuit docile (1987) Guy Gilles, Patrick Jouané, Claire Nebout, Pascal Kelaf
A man decides one night to leave the woman he loves. He tells him by phone. All night, he calls her. Read More »
Nationalité immigré (1976) Sidney Sokhona, Jacques Ruisseau, Constant Hames
A Mauritanian worker, Sidi, works in France. Like most immigrant workers Read More »
Origins of a Meal / Genèse d’un repas (1979) Luc Moullet
Bananas, eggs, and tuna: three basic foodstuffs with three wildly different points of origin. Read More »
The Counterfeiters of Paris (1961) Gilles Grangier, Jean Gabin, Martine Carol, Françoise Rosay
“Le Dabe” retired many years ago and now he lives in the Tropics where he owns stables and horses. Read More »