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Tag Archives: french
Boys’ School / Les disparus de St. Agil (1938) Christian-Jaque, Erich von Stroheim, Michel Simon, Armand Bernard
In a college, three friends form a secret society. There objective – going to America. Read More »
The Eleven O’Clock Woman / La dame d’onze heures (1948) Jean Devaivre, Paul Meurisse, Micheline Francey, Gilbert Gil
Stanislas Oscar Seminario, aka SOS, is a young explorer, just back from Africa Read More »
Guillaume et les sortilèges (2007) Pierre Léon
In July, Guillaume arrives in Paris to look after a large apartment until the end of the summer. Read More »
Bareback or War of Meaning (2006) Paul Vecchiali
A cinephile meets on a beach in Ramatuelle his favorite filmmaker. Read More »
Merlusse (1938) Marcel Pagnol, Henri Poupon
“Merlusse” is French schoolboy slang for codfish, and M. Blanchard, a professor at a certain lycée Read More »
L’homme de Londres (1943) Henri Decoin, Fernand Ledoux, Suzy Prim, Jules Berry
Maloin has been working all his life for 2,500 measly Francs a month. Read More »
The Joy Of Living / La joie de vivre (2012) Jean-Pierre Améris, Anaïs Demoustier, Swann Arlaud, Marianne Basler
1863, ten-year-old Pauline’s parents have died, and she comes to live with the Chanteaus Read More »
Sonatine (1984) Micheline Lanctôt, Pascale Bussières, Marcia Pilote, Pierre F. Fauteux
Two teenaged friends have separate difficult experiences that make the girls seriously consider suicide. Read More »
Passionate Summer / Les possédées (1956) Charles Brabant, Madeleine Robinson, Raf Vallone, Magali Noël
Story of the effect on three women living on an isolated farm when a man comes to live there. Read More »