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Beauty and the Beast / La belle et la bête (1946) Jean Cocteau, René Clément, Jean Marais, Josette Day, Mila Parély

Adélaïde, Belle, Félicie and Ludovic are young adult siblings who once lived in grandeur Read More »
Roads to the South / Les routes du sud (1978) Joseph Losey, Yves Montand, Miou-Miou, Laurent Malet

Fathers and sons, and political exile. In the fall of 1975, Franco is dying but repression continues. Read More »
Twilight / Félicie Nanteuil (1944) Marc Allégret, Claude Dauphin, Micheline Presle, Louis Jourdan

La Belle Epoque: Cavalier, a second-rate actor, discovers a gorgeous talented Read More »
Zaza (1956) René Gaveau, Lilo, Maurice Teynac, Robert Dalban

Paris 1900. During the Belle Époque, Zaza, a young music hall artist Read More »
The Eagle with Two Heads / L’aigle à deux têtes (1948) Jean Cocteau, Edwige Feuillère, Silvia Monfort, Jean Marais

Political intrigue and psychological drama run parallel. Read More »
You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet / Vous n’avez encore rien vu (2012) Alain Resnais, Mathieu Amalric, Pierre Arditi, Sabine Azéma

From beyond the grave, celebrated playwright Antoine d’Anthac gathers together Read More »
Orpheus (1950) Jean Cocteau, Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares

Orphee is a poet who becomes obsessed with Death (the Princess). Read More »
Choice of Arms / Le choix des armes (1981) Alain Corneau, Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Catherine Deneuve

Two men break out of prison; a rival gang ambushes them. One is mortally wounded and tells the other, Mickey Read More »
Strange Fate / Étrange destin (1946) Louis Cuny, Renée Saint-Cyr, Aimé Clariond, Henri Vidal

Patrica is the wife of Alain de Saulieu, a handsome engineer. Read More »