Lagardère protects Aurore, the granddaughter of the Duke of Nevers Read More »
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Miss Nitouche / Mam’zelle Nitouche (1954) Yves Allégret, Fernandel, Pier Angeli, Jean Debucourt
Denise discovered that Celestin leads a double life: he composes operetta Read More »
My Father the Hero / Mon père, ce héros. (1991) Gérard Lauzier, Gérard Depardieu, Marie Gillain, Catherine Jacob
Veronique, living with her divorced mother, is going on holiday to Mauritius with her father. Read More »
Good Weather, But Stormy Late This Afternoon / Beau temps mais orageux en fin de journée (1986) Gérard Frot-Coutaz, Micheline Presle, Claude Piéplu, Xavier Deluc
Jacques and Jacqueline do not have much more pleasant to say to each other Read More »
The Man on the Shore / L’homme sur les quais (1993)
In flashback of a Haitian woman’s childhood experience under the Duvalier regime. Read More »
Louise (1939) Abel Gance, Grace Moore, Georges Thill, André Pernet
Louise, a young seamstress, has fallen in love with Julien, her neighbor Read More »
My Life and Times with Antonin Artaud / En compagnie d’Antonin Artaud (1993) Gérard Mordillat, Sami Frey, Marc Barbé, Julie Jézéquel
May, 1946, in Paris young poet Jacques Prevel meets Antonin Artaud, the actor, artist, and writer just released from a mental asylum. Read More »
His Master’s Voice / La voix de son maître (1978) Gérard Mordillat, Nicolas Philibert
Jacques Lemonnier of IBM France, Francois Dalle of L’Oreal and other ultrapowerful French moguls Read More »
Little Lili / La petite Lili (2003) Claude Miller, Nicole Garcia, Bernard Giraudeau, Jean-Pierre Marielle
A group of cinematic spend a holiday in the French countryside. The film provides insight in their relationships Read More »
The Lovers of Teruel / Les Amants de Teruel (1962) Raymond Rouleau, Ludmilla Tchérina, René-Louis Lafforgue, Milko Sparemblek
This puzzling experimental film is written and directed by Raymond Rouleau, who uses effects like Read More »