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Declaration of War (2011) Valérie Donzelli, Jérémie Elkaïm, César Desseix
Roméo and Juliette are two young actors. They fall in love at first sight, move in together and make a baby. Read More »
There Is No Sexual Rapport (2011) Raphaël Siboni, Hervé P. Gustave, Cindy Dollar, Michael Cerrito
An amusing and poignant examination of one man’s career as a director-performer of pornography. Read More »
Queen of Montreuil (2012) Sólveig Anspach, Florence Loiret Caille, Didda Jónsdóttir, Úlfur Ægisson
It’s early summer and Agathe is back in France, at home in Montreuil. Read More »
Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman (1973) Roger Vadim, Brigitte Bardot, Robert Hossein, Mathieu Carrière
Jeanne lives in Paris and believes she is the reincarnation of Don Juan. She visits a priest and tells him she has killed a man. Read More »
Tower of Nesle (1955) Abel Gance, Pierre Brasseur, Silvana Pampanini, Paul Guers
France, the beginning of the XIV century. Every night, Queen Margaret of Burgundy Read More »
Who Knows? (2001) Jacques Rivette, Jeanne Balibar, Sergio Castellitto, Marianne Basler
The theatre world is a familiar setting for the films of Rivette. In Va savoir, the characters, all quick-witted Read More »
My Crimes After Mein Kampf (1940) Alexandre Ryder, Roger Karl, Line Noro, Pierre Labry
The film shows the seizure of power by the Nazis and Hitler wants a trial, at a time when France has just declared war on Germany (Sept. 3, 1939). Read More »
The Escort (1999) Michel Blanc, Daniel Auteuil, Stuart Townsend, Liza Walker
Tom is a male escort boy for ladies, a gigolo. His friend Pierre doesn’t find this out until later Read More »
Today (2012) Alain Gomis, Saul Williams, Djolof Mbengue, Anisia Uzeyman
Satché is about to die. He decides to make his last day on this world the day of his life. Read More »
Angel and Sinner (1945) Christian-Jaque, Micheline Presle, Berthe Bovy, Louise Conte
This film is an adaptation of two stories by Guy de Maupassant, Tallow Ball and Mademoiselle Fifi. Read More »
The Law Is the Law (1958) Christian-Jaque, Fernandel, Totò, René Génin
Assola is an imaginary village on the border between Italy and France and the borderline crosses the village itself. Read More »
The Beast (1975) Walerian Borowczyk, Sirpa Lane, Lisbeth Hummel, Elisabeth Kaza
“La Bête” by Walerian Borowczyk is based on the short story “Lokis” written by Prosper Merimée. Read More »
The Killing Game (1967) Alain Jessua, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Claudine Auger, Michel Duchaussoy
Two cartoonists meet a playboy who lives out the fantasies created in their cartoons. Read More »
Far (2001) André Téchiné, Stéphane Rideau, Lubna Azabal, Mohamed Hamaidi
Serge is a long distance lorry driver between Morocco and Europe. In Tangier, he tries to reconcile with his former girlfriend, Sarah. Read More »