The Basque smuggler Ramuntcho is engaged to Gracieuse, whose mother Dolorès Read More »
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Drummer-Crab AKA Le Crabe-Tambour (1977) Pierre Schoendoerffer, Jean Rochefort, Claude Rich, Jacques Perrin
A dying French naval frigate captain tries to make a last rendezvous in the winter storm-tossed seas off the Grand Banks Read More »
La 317ème section / The 317th Platoon (1965) Pierre Schoendoerffer, Jacques Perrin, Bruno Cremer, Pierre Fabre
In 1954, the Indochina War begins to come to a close following France’s defeat by the Viet Minh at the deadly Battle of Dîen Bîen Phû. French forces are in full retreat and risk being overrun at every turn — including the 317th Platoon, a unit of French soldiers and Laotian allies who are led by the idealistic but inexperienced sous-lieutenant Torrens and adjutant Willsdorf, a former soldier in the German Wehrmacht during WWII. Their survival depends on completing a trek through the dense, jungle-laden, expanse of enemy territory that stands between them and the safety of the nearest French outpost.
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