Renoir (2012)
Set on the French Riviera in the summer of 1915, Jean Renoir — son of the Impressionist painter, Pierre-Auguste — returns home to convalesce after being wounded in World War I. At his side is Andrée, a young woman who rejuvenates, enchants, and inspires both father and son.Read More »
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Gilles Bourdos – Renoir (2012)
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Claude Mulot – Black Venus (1983)
Claude Mulot1981-1990EroticaFranceBlack Venus (1983)
Spanish actor Jose Antonio Ceinos stars as a down-and-out sculptor, whose inspiration returns with the strange appearance of a beautiful, mysterious black muse.Read More »
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Max Ophüls – Yoshiwara (1937)
Max Ophüls1931-1940DramaFranceYoshiwara (1937)
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The film is set in Yoshiwara, the red-light district of Tokyo, in the nineteenth century. It depicts a love triangle between a high-class prostitute, a Russian naval officer and a rickshaw man.Read More » -
Ronny Trocker – Der menschliche Faktor AKA Human Factors (2021)
2021-2030DramaGermanyRonny TrockerDer menschliche Faktor (2021)
A mysterious home invasion triggers off a shake in the core of a cosmopolitan middle-class family and unveils the fragility of truth and the power of individual perspective.Read More »
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Erick Zonca – Le petit voleur AKA The Little Thief (1999)
Erick Zonca1991-2000DramaFranceLe petit voleur (1999)
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A young man from the countryside of Marseille comes to the city, hoping to find a job. But circumstances will drive him to become a robber…Read More » -
Raoul Ruiz – Les âmes fortes AKA Savage Souls (2001)
2001-2010DramaFranceRaoul RuizRomanceLes âmes fortes (2011)
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At a wake one night in 1945, a group of aged women recall the life of one of their number. Sixty years before, Thérèse was barely 20 years old when she eloped with her boyfriend, Firmin, a blacksmith, to Châtillon, a town in Provence. Here, she makes the acquaintance of the wealthy Madame Numance, who is known for her good deeds. Realising that Thérèse is pregnant and unemployed, Madame Numance insists that she moves into a house on her estate. Whilst Firmin resents the arrangement, Thérèse soon finds that she can exploit the situation, using her benefactor’s naivety and generosity for her own gain..Read More » -
Virgile Bramly & Julia Ducournau – Mange (2012)
2011-2020ComedyDramaFranceJulia DucournauVirgile BramlyMange (2012) Synopsis:
Laura is a lawyer, she’s beautiful and has a nice boyfriend. But 15 years ago she was fat, bullied and without friends. Now she has come to terms with her bulimia. She is celebrating her first year abstinence.Read More » -
Michel Béna – Le Ciel de Paris (1991)
1991-2000DramaFranceMichel BénaQueer Cinema(s)Marc is in love with Lucien, who’s in love with Suzanne, who’s in love with someone else.
L’amour à l’état brut, avec ses perles et ses cailloux, ses imperfections et ses éclats de vie. Sandrine Bonnaire superbe d’émotion et de vérité.Read More »
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Nobuhiro Suwa – Ainsi Va La Vie (2019)
2011-2020DramaFranceNobuhiro SuwaShort FilmAinsi Va La Vie (2019)
A portrait of three women striving to forge their own rosy paths.The film was produced in 2019 by Nobuhiro Suwa as an commercial for a cosmetics brand called ALBION. It was once on YouTube, but now the link is downRead More »