Will Thomas still lead a life of crime and cruelty, just like his thuggish father, or will he pursue his dream of becoming a pianist? Read More »
Tag Archives: french
The Day and the Hour AKA Le jour et l’heure (1963) René Clément, Simone Signoret, Stuart Whitman, Geneviève Page
It’s the spring of 1944 and Therese is in a hurry to get back to Paris. Read More »
The Black Tulip AKA La tulipe noire (1964) Christian-Jaque, Alain Delon, Virna Lisi, Dawn Addams
In 1789, when the Revolution went on, a bandit named “Black Tulip” held the surroundings of village Roussillon in fear. Read More »
Summer AKA L’été (1968) Marcel Hanoun, Graziella Buci, Pierre-Henri Deleau
During the summer of 1968, a young French woman staying in an isolated country house reflects upon her involvement in the events of that May. Read More »
Wonder Boy – De sueur et de sang (1994) Paul Vecchiali, Fabienne Babe, Sam Djob, Kader Boukhanef
A reluctant boxer is the focus of this unique French romance. Maurice dreams of becoming a violinist. Read More »
The Shanghai Drama AKA Le drame de Shanghaï (1938) Georg Wilhelm Pabst, Christl Mardayn, Louis Jouvet, Raymond Rouleau
A Russian emigrant sings in a Shanghai nightclub under the assumed name of Kay Murphy. Read More »
La machine (1977) Paul Vecchiali, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Sonia Saviange, Monique Mélinand
Pierre Lentier murders an 8-year-old in horrendous circumstances. Read More »
Eye of the Storm AKA L’oeil du cyclone (2015) Sekou Traoré, Maimouna N’Diaye, Fargass Assandé, Abidine Dioari
In a nameless, African country riven with civil war, a young female lawyer is the court-appointed counsel for a rebel leader. Read More »
Fan-Fan the Tulip AKA Fanfan la tulipe (1952) Christian-Jaque, Gérard Philipe, Gina Lollobrigida, Marcel Herrand
Fanfan is a handsome young peasant. He joins the army to escape a forced marriage Read More »
The Diary of an Innocent Boy AKA Benjamin ou Les mémoires d’un puceau (1968) Michel Deville, Michèle Morgan, Michel Piccoli, Pierre Clémenti
France, 1750s; Benjamin has spent his entire childhood and early adolescence in the sole company of his tutor Camille. Read More »
Le torrent (2012) Simon Lavoie, Victor Andres Turgeon-Trelles, Laurence Leboeuf, Dominique Quesnel
1922. Raised on a remote farm by his strict mother who wants him to become a priest Read More »
Dog Day AKA Canicule (1984) Yves Boisset, Lee Marvin, Miou-Miou, Jean Carmet
A fugitive on the run from the law and carrying several million dollars hides out in the house of a farm family. Read More »
I Accuse AKA J’accuse (1919) Abel Gance, Romuald Joubé, Maxime Desjardins, Séverin-Mars
The story of two men, one married, the other the lover of the other’s wife Read More »
Genet à Chatila (1999) Richard Dindo, Mounia Raoui, Leila Shahid, Jean-François Stévenin
A documentary about the French writer Jean Genet and his relations with the Palestinian revolution. Read More »
The Mouth Agape AKA La gueule ouverte (1974) Maurice Pialat, Nathalie Baye, Hubert Deschamps, Philippe Léotard
Monique is dying. Around her gather her unfaithful husband, her son, who is like his father Read More »