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Tag Archives: french
A Brutal Game (1983) Un jeu brutal
A strict father imposes impossible guidelines on his disabled daughter which reflect his secret, tortured life. Read More »
Pauline at the Beach / Pauline à la plage (1983) Eric Rohmer, Amanda Langlet, Arielle Dombasle, Pascal Greggory
Fifteen year old Pauline and her older cousin, model-shaped Marion, go to the emptying Atlantic Read More »
Too Beautiful for You / Trop belle pour toi (1989) Bertrand Blier, Gérard Depardieu, Josiane Balasko, Carole Bouquet
A car dealer, well-to-do and with a beautiful wife, finds himself attracted Read More »
In the Midst of Life / Au coeur de la vie (1963) Robert Enrico, Roger Jacquet, Anne Cornaly, Stéphane Fey
This Civil War anthology adapts three Ambrose Bierce stories Read More »
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 »