Near the Baie de la Seine swamps, opposite the Port of Le Havre, Auguste Maroilleur Read More »
Tag Archives: french
That Old Dream That Moves / Ce vieux rêve qui bouge (2001) Alain Guiraudie, Jean-Marie Combelles, Pierre Louis-Calixte, Jean Ségani
A chronicle of the last days of a factory that is about to shut down. Read More »
The Conqueror of Atlantis / Il conquistatore di Atlantide (1965) Alfonso Brescia, Kirk Morris, Luciana Gilli, Piero Lulli
Hercules searches for a mysterious “phantom invader” that is raiding villages in the desert for gold. Read More »
State of Grace / L’état de grâce (1986) Jacques Rouffio, Nicole Garcia, Sami Frey, Pierre Arditi
The story of an affair between a bachelor junior minister in the French Read More »
Villa Amalia (2009) Benoît Jacquot, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Xavier Beauvois
Villa Amalia is the story of Ann, a musician, whose life is turned upside down by a kiss. Read More »
Loulou (1980) Maurice Pialat, Isabelle Huppert, Gérard Depardieu, Guy Marchand
Maurice Pialat’s portrait of contemporary France mocks prosperity as a substitute Read More »
Lola (1961) Jacques Demy, Anouk Aimée, Marc Michel, Jacques Harden
Roland Cassard is a young man with no job and seemingly no prospects. Read More »
Nikita (1990) Luc Besson, Anne Parillaud, Marc Duret, Patrick Fontana
Nikita is the sole survivor of a bloody shoot out between police and a band Read More »
Désiré (1937) Sacha Guitry, Jacqueline Delubac, Jacques Baumer
Shavian social satire. Odette is an actress who’s now the mistress of a government minister. Read More »
Atlantic Wall / Le Mur de l’Atlantique (1970) Marcel Camus, Bourvil, Peter McEnery, Sophie Desmarets
In 1944, Léon Duchemin , a restaurant owner living in Normandy, leads a peaceful life. Read More »