
Thomas is the 12-year-old son of a millionaire who lives in a big mansion surrounded by woods in France. Read More »
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Torre Bela (1975) Thomas Harlan, Jacques d’Arthuys, Maria Vitória, José Neves Paiva

The rise and fall of a revolutionary cooperative movement established in a large private farm in Ribatejo, Portugal Read More »
The Love of a Woman / L’amour d’une femme (1953) Jean Grémillon, Micheline Presle, Massimo Girotti, Gaby Morlay

Marie Prieur, a young doctor, decides to settle down on Ushant, a remote island belonging to Brittany. Read More »
Dainah the Mixed / Daïnah la métisse (1932) Jean Grémillon, Charles Vanel, Habib Benglia, Gaston Dubosc

Shades of Othello loom in this engrossing exploration of class, race, and murder set on an ocean liner. Read More »
The Police War / La guerre des polices (1979) Robin Davis, Claude Brasseur, Marlène Jobert, Claude Rich

Fush and Ballestrat are the heads of each department of the French police. Read More »
Safe Conduct / Laissez-passer (2002) Bertrand Tavernier, Jacques Gamblin, Denis Podalydès, Charlotte Kady

In occupied France, German-run Continental Films calls the shots in the movie business. Read More »
The Queen of Spades / La dame de pique (1965) Léonard Keigel, Dita Parlo, Michel Subor, Simone Bach

A countess married to Russia’s envoy to the court of Louis XVI is a gambling addict Read More »
Netchaiev Is Back / Netchaïev est de retour (1991) Jacques Deray, Yves Montand, Vincent Lindon, Patrick Chesnais

Freshly landed in Paris, Daniel Laurençon, who calls himself Netchaïev Read More »
Cold Water / L’eau froide (1994) Olivier Assayas, Virginie Ledoyen, Cyprien Fouquet, László Szabó

Gilles and Christine a boy and a girl live in the outskirts of Paris Read More »
The Hunchback / Le bossu (1944) Jean Delannoy, Pierre Blanchar, Paul Bernard, Yvonne Gaudeau

A wealthy aristocrat disguises himself as a poor, deformed hunchback in order to avenge a murder. Read More »