This Civil War anthology adapts three Ambrose Bierce stories Read More »
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Love on a Pillow / Le repos du guerrier (1962) Roger Vadim, Brigitte Bardot, Robert Hossein, Jean-Marc Bory
When the Parisian bourgeois Geneviève Le Theil travels to Dijon to resolve outstanding Read More »
The Authentic Trial of Carl Emmanuel Jung / L’authentique procès de Carl-Emmanuel Jung (1967) Marcel Hanoun, Maurice Poullenot, Ellen Bernsen, Raymond Jourdan
“This trial is imaginary”, these are the first words of the narrator Read More »
And Now… Ladies and Gentlemen… (2002) Claude Lelouch, Jeremy Irons, Patricia Kaas, Thierry Lhermitte
Valentin is a criminal mastermind, but his exploits don’t prove much in the way of satisfaction. Read More »
The Carabineers / Les Carabiniers (1963) Jean-Luc Godard, Patrice Moullet, Marino Masé, Geneviève Galéa
During a war, the poor and ignorant brothers Ulysses and Michel-Ange are lured Read More »
Augustine (2012) Alice Winocour, Vincent Lindon, Stéphan Wojtowicz, Soko
A look at the relationship between pioneering 19th century French neurologist Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot Read More »
Qu’est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles? (1971) Jacques Poitrenaud, Michel Serrault, Francis Blanche, Jean Poiret
Free Men / Les hommes libres (2011) Ismaël Ferroukhi, Tahar Rahim, Michael Lonsdale, Mahmud Shalaby
Paris, occupied France, 1942. Younes, an uneducated Algerian immigrant, ekes out a very modest living on the black market. Read More »
Chantrapas (2010) Otar Iosseliani, Dato Tarielachvili, Tamuna Karumidze, Fanny Gonin
Nicolas is an artist, a filmmaker who merely wants to express himself and whom everyone wishes to reduce to silence. Read More »
Juliette, or Key of Dreams / Juliette ou La clef des songes (1951) Marcel Carné, Gérard Philipe, Suzanne Cloutier, Jean-Roger Caussimon
Michel has stolen from his employer, Mr Bellanger, for the love of Juliette. Read More »