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Tag Archives: french
Fatal Assistance / Assistance mortelle (2013) Raoul Peck
Haitian born filmmaker Raoul Peck takes us on a 2-year journey inside the challenging Read More »
The Passion of Beatrice / La passion Béatrice (1987) Bertrand Tavernier, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Julie Delpy, Nils Tavernier
A warrior leaves home to fight in the Hundred Years’ War (1337-1453) between France and England. Read More »
The Mother and the Whore / La maman et la putain (1973) Jean Eustache, Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Françoise Lebrun
In Paris, the pedantic Alexandre lives with his mate Marie in her apartment, an open relationship. Read More »
Madame Bovary (1934) Jean Renoir, Max Dearly, Valentine Tessier, Pierre Renoir
Soon after the death of his first wife (whose dowry was inadequate), Charles Bovary Read More »
Can Dialectics Break Bricks? / La dialectique peut-elle casser des briques? (1973) René Viénet, Chan Hung Liu, Ingrid Wu, Jason Pai Piao
Imagine a kung fu flick in which the martial artists spout Situationist aphorisms Read More »
Man About Town / Le silence est d’or (1947)
1910 : A friend leaves his daughter, Madeleine, with Emile a French film producer. Emile falls in love with her. Read More »
Fric-Frac (1939) Maurice Lehmann, Fernandel, Michel Simon, Arletty
Marcel works as assistant to a jeweller whose bossy daughter Renée keeps hitting on him. Read More »
Ramuntcho (1959) Pierre Schoendoerffer, François Guérin, Mijanou Bardot, Gaby Morlay
The Basque smuggler Ramuntcho is engaged to Gracieuse, whose mother Dolorès Read More »
Hélène (1936) Jean Benoît-Lévy
Helene Wilfur is a brilliant student at a medical school devoted to research Read More »