A bisexual petty criminal named Bob encounters a married couple arguing in a bar. Read More »
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Tamango (1958) John Berry, Dorothy Dandridge, Curd Jürgens, Jean Servais
A Dutch slave captain, on a voyage to Cuba, faces a revolt fomented by a newly captured African slave, Tamango. Read More »
The Silent World AKA Le monde du silence (1956) Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Louis Malle, Frédéric Dumas, Albert Falco
This pioneering nature documentary investigates aquatic habitats in various locations around the world. Read More »
We Will All Meet in Paradise AKA Nous irons tous au paradis (1977) Yves Robert, Jean Rochefort, Claude Brasseur, Guy Bedos
The film is the immediate continuation of Un éléphant ça trompe énormément, released the previous year. Read More »
Prostitution (1975) Jean-François Davy, Claude Janna, Jocelyne Clairis, Dominique Erlanger
The director conducts a number of street interviews with prostitutes about their lives, and their costumers take a bashing out of this. Read More »
The Bamboo Incident AKA Hoa-Binh (1970) Raoul Coutard, Phi Lan, Huynh Cazenas, Le Quynh
A small Vietnamese boy grows up during the horrors and hardships of The Vietnam War era. Read More »
The Colonel AKA Mon colonel (2006) Laurent Herbiet, Olivier Gourmet, Robinson Stévenin, Cécile De France
A “Reformed Colonel” is found dead in Paris, a couple of decades after Algeria’s struggle for independence was won from France. Read More »
The Well-Digger’s Daughter AKA La fille du puisatier (2011) Daniel Auteuil, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Nicolas Duvauchelle
Provence, the days before World War I. Rustic digger Pascal Amoretti, a widower Read More »
L’idiot (2008) Pierre Léon, Jeanne Balibar, Laurent Lacotte, Sylvie Testud
Nastassia is a woman amongst four men. One is her protector another the Idiot, the one who loves her madly. Read More »
Live for Life AKA Vivre pour vivre (1967) Claude Lelouch, Yves Montand, Candice Bergen, Annie Girardot
Robert Colomb, a famous TV newscaster, is married to Catherine, but is continually unfaithful. Read More »
The Trojan Horse AKA La guerra di Troia (1961) Giorgio Ferroni, Steve Reeves, Juliette Mayniel, John Drew Barrymore
In the final year of the 10 year long Trojan War, Ulysses devises his infamous scheme to get into Troy. Read More »
Le pont du Nord (1981) Jacques Rivette, Bulle Ogier, Pascale Ogier, Pierre Clémenti
A woman recently released from prison and a strange young female street urchin keep running into each other on the streets of Paris Read More »
3 Ninjas – High Noon at Mega Mountain (1998) Sean McNamara, Loni Anderson, Hulk Hogan, Jim Varney
Three young boys, Rocky, Colt and Tum Tum together with their neighbor girl, computer whiz Amanda Read More »
Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful AKA Tout le monde il est beau, tout le monde il est gentil (1972) Jean Yanne, Bernard Blier, Michel Serrault
According to “Radio closer to God”, nothing is conceived without God, especially shampoos Read More »
Cocktail Molotov (1980) Diane Kurys, Elise Caron, François Cluzet, Philippe Lebas
Seventeen-year-old middle-class Anne (Elise Caron), runs away with her working-class boyfriend Frederic (Philippe Lebas) Read More »