Tag Archives: French

Hieronymus Bosch’s Garden of Delights
0

Hieronymus Bosch’s Garden of Delights

An episode of the tv series “Regards Entendus” focuses on the complex triptych oil painting, a work of Christian art by a Northern ...
Lebanon in a Whirlwind
7.1

Lebanon in a Whirlwind

Jul. 01, 1975

Lebanon in a Whirlwind

A few months after the incident of April 13, 1975, during which Palestinian civilians were machine-gunned by Phalangist militiamen, the toll is ...
Little Death
6.6

Little Death

Jan. 01, 1995

Little Death

Family ties. Paul is an artist, his current project is to take photos of the faces of men during orgasm. He lives with Martial, his lover. His ...
The Tricyclist
5.3

The Tricyclist

Dec. 04, 1957

The Tricyclist

Antoine Peyralout is baker Mouillefarine’s tricycle delivery man. Comical and stuttering, Antoine shows more interest in the local soccer ...
The Sorceror’s Apprentice
6

The Sorceror’s Apprentice

“Les Apprentis Sorciers” is a thriller in which the characters are Latin-American exiles living in Paris. It is also a comedy about ...
Le Cinema de Papa
6.4

Le Cinema de Papa

Feb. 10, 1971

Le Cinema de Papa

Young Jewish man tries to find his way in 1960’s Paris while pondering whether to follow his father into the fur business or go into films. ...
The Devil’s Tricks
6.3

The Devil’s Tricks

Jun. 15, 1966

The Devil’s Tricks

Ginette Chaluzac, who has left Central France for Paris, now works as a seamstress in a modest workshop in the Marais district. Her life is quiet ...
The Witnesses
7.6

The Witnesses

Nov. 22, 1961

The Witnesses

A documentary about the Holocaust and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising based on contemporary German film footage and survivor testimony. Release: Le ...
The French Game
6.3

The French Game

Dec. 26, 1960

The French Game

Jacques Doniol-Valcroze was a co-founder of Cahiers du Cinema. A respected reviewer and cinéaste but no great shakes as an actor and as a ...
The Ties That Bind Us
7.3

The Ties That Bind Us

Feb. 19, 2025

The Ties That Bind Us

Exploring the challenges of modern family structures, the film follows a single father, a feminist librarian, and a child seeking a place to ...
On the Lam
6.5

On the Lam

Sep. 29, 1971

On the Lam

A young couple of burglars, waiting for trial, marry in jail. Annick writes down her observations of the women’s ward. When she hears that ...
Foix
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Foix

Aug. 01, 1994

Foix

An extremely unusual film on a very conventional subject: the description of a small French town. Release: Foix 1994 Luc Moullet tt0109817 ...
Making Of
6.3

Making Of

Jan. 10, 2024

Making Of

Workers fighting to protect the factory from being relocated but nothing goes as planned. Joseph wants to get into the film industry, agrees to ...
L’Enlèvement des Sabines
4.7

L’Enlèvement des Sabines

Exasperated and disgusted by the behavior of the men they frequent, several young women from a small village create a women’s club: the ...
The Forest of Miss Tang
6.7

The Forest of Miss Tang

Oct. 20, 2023

The Forest of Miss Tang

Leave or stay? Director Denis Do takes us on an existential quest through the generations of a single family shaken by 200 years of Chinese ...
Bitten
5.8

Bitten

May. 15, 2024

Bitten

A Catholic schoolgirl is convinced tonight is her last night on Earth and decides to attend a costume party with her best friend. Release: La ...
The Wall of the Dead
5.9

The Wall of the Dead

Apr. 29, 2023

The Wall of the Dead

Arnaud, a student remaining alone in Paris during the summer, is obsessed with the wall where the names of the Parisian soldiers who died in the ...
The Role of Chance
7.3

The Role of Chance

Jan. 01, 1984

The Role of Chance

Patrick Bokanowski’s extraordinarily intimate portrait of Henri Dimier at work focuses as much attention on the personality of the ...
The Happy Family
5.6

The Happy Family

Jan. 01, 1973

The Happy Family

What a happy family the Gazuls! A picnic by the side of a main road : how delightful! And the kids are such good pupils!And the father is about ...