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The Fourth Power / Le 4ème pouvoir (1985) Serge Leroy, Philippe Noiret, Nicole Garcia, Roland Blanche
He, Yves Dorget, is a major reporter in a daily newspaper. She, Catherine Carré, is a TV news anchor. Read More »
Circus of Horrors (1960) Sidney Hayers, Anton Diffring, Erika Remberg, Yvonne Monlaur
In 1947 England, a plastic surgeon must beat a hasty retreat to France Read More »
Place de la République (1974) Louis Malle
Vibrant scenes of individuals’ daily life are filmed in Place de la République. Read More »
The War Is Over / Après la guerre (1989) Jean-Loup Hubert, Richard Bohringer, Antoine Hubert, Julien Hubert
The film is set in France in August 1944 at the end of the war. German troops are in retreat as the allies are coming in. Read More »
Champagne for Savages (1964) Le repas des fauves
Set in World War Two occupied France. Several people gather at a house to celebrate a woman’s birthday. Read More »
Roses on Credit / Roses à crédit (2010) Amos Gitai, Léa Seydoux, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Catherine Jacob
A young couple marry in France in the 1940s and the film follows the arc of their marriage over the next decade. Read More »
Dionysos (1984) Jean Rouch, Jean Monod, Hélène Puiseux, Cookie Chiapalone
An American theatre professor travels to the Sorbonne in Paris to complete his doctoral Read More »
My Journey Through French Cinema / Voyage à travers le cinéma français (2016) Bertrand Tavernier, François Truffaut, Jean-Paul Gaultier
Bertrand Tavernier’s personal journey through French cinema, from films he enjoyed Read More »
Max & Jeremie (1992) Claire Devers, Philippe Noiret, Christopher Lambert, Jean-Pierre Marielle
A socially awkward TV-addicted ambitious small time thug is ordered to take out Read More »