
Robert le Vigan plays the Son of God, but as often happens in films of this nature he is upstaged by the villains Read More »
Tag Archives: french
Rififi / Du rififi chez les hommes (1955) Jules Dassin, Jean Servais, Carl Möhner, Robert Manuel

After making such American noir classics as Brute Force and The Naked City Read More »
The Green Mare / La jument verte (1959) Claude Autant-Lara, Bourvil, Francis Blanche, Sandra Milo

The story is set during the latter half of the 19th century and follows two feuding peasant families. Read More »
White Lies / …Comme elle respire (1998) Pierre Salvadori, Marie Trintignant, Guillaume Depardieu, Jean-François Stévenin

Jeanne is a young weirdo girl who flies to Paris, and is hired by an old lady called Madeleine as an au pair. Read More »
Gervaise (1956) René Clément, Maria Schell, François Périer, Jany Holt

An adaptation of Émile Zola’s 1877 masterpiece L’assommoir, the film is an uncompromising depiction Read More »
Sin with a Stranger / L’étrangère (1968) Sergio Gobbi, Marie-France Boyer, Pierre Vaneck, Pierre Massimi

François, a journalist, is approached on the train home by a pretty blonde. Read More »
Thirteen Days of Love / Escale (1935) Louis Valray, Colette Darfeuil, Samson Fainsilber, Serge Arola

The decline of Eva, torn by her love for Jean, a naval officer, and her lust for Dario, a sly smuggler. Read More »
Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant (2023) Ariane Louis-Seize, Sara Montpetit, Félix-Antoine Bénard, Steve Laplante

Sasha is a young vampire with a serious problem: she’s too sensitive to kill. Read More »
Alien Crystal Palace (2018) Arielle Dombasle, Nicolas Ker, Michel Fau

A scientist finds the secret that predispose to the formation of the ideal couple. Read More »
Vanishing Exercises / Exercices de disparition (2011) Claudio Pazienza, Jacques Sojcher

Does mourning have a use-by date… like yogurts? Read More »