Tag Archives: french
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 »
Standing Tall / La tête haute (2015) Emmanuelle Bercot, Catherine Deneuve, Rod Paradot, Benoît Magimel
Malony has been in conflict with the school and with the law since he was six. Read More »
The Ordinary People / Rien de personnel (2009) Mathias Gokalp, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Denis Podalydès, Mélanie Doutey
A pharmaceutical company throws a gala party where all the employees from the top to the bottom are invited. Read More »
The Turn of Winter / Les ronds-points de l’hiver (2016) Louis Séguin, Laura Tuillier, Lola Créton, Stanislas Merhar, Serge Bozon
A young women lives in isolation in a big house in Joigny, a small town of the Yonne region. Read More »
César (1936) Marcel Pagnol, Raimu, Pierre Fresnay, Orane Demazis
Honoré Panisse is dying, cheerfully, with friends, wife, and son at his side. Read More »
Practice Makes Perfect (1979) Le cavaleur
Pianist deemed Edouard Choiseur continues to run between sentimental and professional contingencies. Read More »
The French Detective / Adieu poulet (1975) Pierre Granier-Deferre, Lino Ventura, Patrick Dewaere, Victor Lanoux
When political thugs murder an opponent’s volunteer and also kill a cop Read More »