Baptiste is a solitary type. A teacher in southern France, he never stays more Read More »
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Fanfare of Love / Fanfare d’amour (1935) Richard Pottier, Fernand Gravey, Betty Stockfeld, Madeleine Guitty
Two unemployed musicians, Jean and Pierre, dress up as women to be hired by an all Read More »
Sweet Deception / La Mandarine (1972) Édouard Molinaro, Annie Girardot, Philippe Noiret, Madeleine Renaud
Severine, her husband Georges, Alain, Baba, his brothers and sisters Read More »
Queen of Atlantis / L’Atlantide (1932) Georg Wilhelm Pabst, Brigitte Helm, Pierre Blanchar, Tela Tchaï
Antinea. the Queen of Atlantis, rules her secret kingdom hidden beneath the Sahara Desert. Read More »
Wild Innocence / Sauvage innocence (2001) Philippe Garrel, Mehdi Belhaj Kacem, Julia Faure, Michel Subor
A movie director does a new film against heroine consumption, and the producers are heroine dealers. Read More »
Celestine, Maid at Your Service / Célestine… bonne à tout faire (1974) Jesús Franco, Lina Romay, Howard Vernon, Olivier Mathot
At the beginning of the 20th century: A police raid broke into a clandestine brothel in which Célestine is a boarder. Read More »
Door on the Left as You Leave the Elevator / À gauche en sortant de l’ascenseur (1988) Édouard Molinaro, Pierre Richard, Richard Bohringer, Emmanuelle Béart
Yan is a successful artist. One day he is waiting for his date Florence to turn up at his apartment. Read More »
Good Work / Beau travail (1999) Claire Denis, Denis Lavant, Michel Subor, Grégoire Colin
Foreign Legion officer, Galoup, recalls his once glorious life, leading troops in the Gulf of Djibouti. Read More »
Le sang (1972) Jean-Daniel Pollet, François Bertin, Micheline Bovet, Eva Farkas
Le Sang re-enacts the utopia of the Living Theater, a theatrical company founded Read More »
Les princes (1983) Tony Gatlif, Gérard Darmon, Muse Dalbray, Céline Militon, Concha Tavora
The earlier “Les Princes” is a savage and angry work about a proud people trying Read More »