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The marriage of the famous writer Alan and his young wife Lola is in a crisis. On a vacation in Haiti Lola wants to decide if their relationship still has a future. But since Alan doesn’t succeed with his new book and gets deeper and deeper into alcoholism, she soon starts an affair. While deeply drunk, Alan kills a black who wanted to rob him…[imdb]Read More »
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Francis Girod – Descente aux enfers (1986)
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Anthony Marciano – Play (2019)
2011-2020Anthony MarcianoComedyFranceRomanceQuote:
Max was 13 when he was offered his first camera. For 25 years, he will not stop filming friends, loves, successes and failures. From the 90s to the 2010s, this is the portrait of a whole generation that is emerging through its objective.Read More » -
Rithy Panh – Un barrage contre le Pacifique AKA The Sea Wall (2008)
Drama2001-2010FrancePoliticsRithy PanhA troubled mother’s spirit crumbles when her adult children strike out for independence. Feeling abandoned she contemplates taking drastic action.Read More »
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Alexandre Astruc – Le puits et le pendule AKA The Pit and the Pendulum (1964)
1961-1970Alexandre AstrucFranceHorrorShort FilmA haunting short version of Edgar Allan Poe’s famous story about a cruel and unusual punishment inflicted on a victim of the Spanish Inquisition…Read More »
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Jean-Luc Godard & Anne-Marie Miéville – Comment Ca Va? (1978)
1971-1980Anne-Marie MiévilleArthouseDocumentaryFranceJean-Luc GodardA Jean-Luc Godard film about politics and the media, in which two workers in a newspaper plant attempt to make a film.Read More »
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Valeria Sarmiento – La dueña de casa aka La femme au foyer (1975)
1971-1980DocumentaryFranceShort FilmValeria SarmientoThe life of a right-wing housewife in Chile during the prior days to Salvador Allende’s military overthrow.Read More »
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Chris Marker – Trois Vidéos Haïkus AKA Three Video Haikus (1994)
1991-2000ArthouseChris MarkerExperimentalFranceA collection of three short ‘haiku videos’ by Chris Marker.
The first haiku, ‘Yanka / Tchaika’, shows the river Seine passing under a bridge. A bird in flight stays motionless in the air.
The second haiku, ‘Owl Gets in Your Eyes’, shows Catherine Belkhodja smoking a cigarette while a superimposed shot of an owl in flight fades in and out over her face.Read More »
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Frank Cassenti – La chanson de Roland [Composite] (1978)
1971-1980EpicFranceFrank CassentiPoliticsIMDb storyline: Roland des Roncesvalles is a legendary knight from the age of chivalry in France. In the 11th-century epic La Chanson de Roland, he is depicted as a key figure in halting the advance of the Arabs into France. In this story, the 10th-century legend is staged by a group of 12th-century pilgrims using the 11th-century poem. Their acting is interrupted by a violent peasant uprising, which kills many of the pilgrims. However, one of the survivors, is converted to the peasant cause and later speaks out in favor of more just treatment for the downtrodden. (Written by Ulf Kjell Gür)Read More »
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Jean-Gabriel Albicocco – Le grand Meaulnes AKA The Wanderer (1967)
Drama1961-1970ClassicsFranceJean-Gabriel AlbicoccoQuote:
“No film is so enchanting but ultimately tragic as Le Grand Meaulnes, based on the classic novel of the same title written by Alain-Fournier, his only novel published the year after he was killed in the first World War.I’ll need to start with the novel since it is so fundamental to the film. Whoever read it in their youth can never forget it. It influenced Jack Kerouac, and thus became the only book that Sal Paradise carried with him in On the Road. Author John Fowles considered it “the greatest novel of adolescence in European literature.” In the U.S, it is usually translated as The Wanderer, a fitting title.Read More »