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The Wonderful Crook / Pas si méchant que ça (1975) Claude Goretta, Marlène Jobert, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Labourier
A manufacturer of furniture sees his business go down and decides to rob banks to pay his staff. Read More »
To Die in Madrid / Mourir à Madrid (1963) Frédéric Rossif, Irene Worth, John Gielgud, Suzanne Flon
Morir en Madrid brings together several papers on the Spanish Civil War Read More »
Priceless / Hors de prix (2006) Pierre Salvadori, Audrey Tautou, Gad Elmaleh, Marie-Christine Adam
In Biarritz with her elderly provider to celebrate her birthday, Irene slips down Read More »
The Camp at Thiaroye (1988) Ousmane Sembene, Thierno Faty Sow, Sidiki Bakaba, Hamed Camara, Philippe Chamelat
In this semi-autobiographical film, black soldiers help to defend France Read More »
Fire’s Share / La part du feu (1978) Etienne Périer, Michel Piccoli, Claudia Cardinale, Jacques Perrin
Real estate developer Bob Hansen discovers that his wife Catherine is cheating on him with his partner. Read More »
The Elegant Criminal / Lacenaire (1990) Francis Girod, Daniel Auteuil, Jean Poiret, Jacques Weber
On 9 January 1836, Pierre Lacenaire goes to the guillotine, a murderer and a thief. Read More »
Sarah Plays a Werewolf / Sarah joue un loup garou (2017) Katharina Wyss, Loane Balthasar, Michel Voïta, Manuela Biedermann
On the stage of her high school drama class 17-year-old Sarah gives it all. Read More »
Woman of Evil (1947) Le diable souffle
In the Basque country, near the French/Spanish border, the wind, Tramontana Read More »
Images of the World and the Inscription of War / Bilder der Welt und Inschrift des Krieges (1989) Harun Farocki, Ulrike Grote
Documentary examines the ‘blind spot’ of the evaluators of aerial footage Read More »