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La Pointe-Courte (1955) Agnès Varda, Philippe Noiret, Silvia Monfort, Marcel Jouet
There are two parts to this film: sequences of life in the fishing village of La Pointe Courte Read More »
Woman of Antwerp / Dédée d’Anvers (1948) Yves Allégret, Bernard Blier, Simone Signoret, Marcello Pagliero
Dedee is a prostitute, working in Monsieur Rene’s nightclub on Antwerp’s harbour. Read More »
The Corsican File / L’enquête corse (2004) Alain Berbérian, Christian Clavier, Jean Reno, Caterina Murino
Jack Palmer is a Paris-based detective with a huge ego. Ange Leoni is a rebel native of Corsica Read More »
Gigolo / Gibier de potence (1951) Roger Richebé, Arletty, Georges Marchal, Nicole Courcel
Back from the war, Marceau Le Guern remembers. Educated in an orphanage run by Dominican brothers Read More »
To Matthieu (2000) Selon Matthieu
Matthieu and Eric are two brothers who work at the same factory as their father in Normandy. Read More »
There Will Be No More Night / Il n’y aura plus de nuit (2020) Éléonore Weber, Nathalie Richard
To shoot: a gun or a movie camera. The military analogy is born with the beginning of cinema. Read More »
At the Top of the Stairs / En haut des marches (1983) Paul Vecchiali, Danielle Darrieux, Hélène Surgère, Françoise Lebrun
A woman returns after twenty years to Toulon where her husband Read More »
Boum sur Paris (1953) Maurice de Canonge, Édith Piaf, Jacques Pills, Mick Micheyl
In this French musical comedy, the search for a bottle of perfume containing an explosive ingredient Read More »
The Sky Above Paris / Le ciel de Paris (1991) Michel Béna, Sandrine Bonnaire, Marc Fourastier, Paul Blain
Marc is in love with Lucien, who’s in love with Suzanne, who’s in love with someone else. Read More »