The story is set during the latter half of the 19th century and follows two feuding peasant families. Read More »
Tag Archives: french
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 »
The Murderer Knows the Score / L’assassin connaît la musique… (1963) Pierre Chenal, Maria Schell, Paul Meurisse, Sylvie Bréal
Lionel Fribourg, a great composer (at least that’s what HE thinks) has a problem Read More »
The Bears’ Famous Invasion of Sicily / La fameuse invasion des ours en Sicile (2019) Lorenzo Mattotti, Antonio Albanese, Leïla Bekhti, Toni Servillo
Troubadour Gedeone and his young apprentice Almerina are two traveling entertainers Read More »