Françoise Fabian

  • Michel Deville – Raphaël ou le débauché AKA Raphael, or The Libertine (1971)

    Michel Deville1971-1980DramaFrance

    France, 1830. Morbidly obsessed with the brevity of his existence, Raphaël throws himself into a life of excessive debauchery. It is a path that can only lead towards ignominious self-destruction… But then, one day, Raphaël meets Aurore, a young window, whose life and philosophy are the complete opposite of his. She lives a simple existence in the country, doing good works, virtuous in every word and deed. But their meeting awakens something in both of them. Aurore becomes aware of a longing she has never known, whilst Raphaël is assailed by emotions with which he is entirely unfamiliar…Read More »

  • Damiano Damiani – Perché si uccide un magistrato? AKA How to Kill a Judge (1974)

    1971-1980CrimeDamiano DamianiItalyThriller

    International superstar Franco Nero (of DJANGO and DIE HARD 2 fame) stars as Giacomo Solaris, a director whose latest film depicts a prominent Sicilian judge as being on the Mafia’s payroll. But when the actual judge is found murdered, Solaris begins his own investigation. Has the Mob found a way to corrupt the nation’s top prosecutors? Should Solaris’ movie bear some responsibility for the killing? Or will a string of brutal assassinations lead to the most shocking conspiracy of all?Read More »

  • Pierre Granier-Deferre – L’ami de Vincent AKA A Friend of Vincent (1983)

    Drama1981-1990FrancePierre Granier-Deferre

    Synopsis:
    The Bear and the Fox, or What Friends Are for:

    ‘The bear, played by Philippe Noiret, is the conductor of a music hall orchestra, a kind hearted soul, always ready to help the next person if need arises. The fox, played by Jean Rochefort, is a trumpeter in the bear’s orchestra and his friend since childhood. After an evening’s performance a young woman enters their common dressing room, draws a revolver and starts shooting at the fox. She cries out that he has ruined her sister but is far too nervous to aim straight and causes no real harm. After she has run away, the fox gets into hiding, asking the bear to find the woman he swears he has never seen before. He makes a list of all his lovers, and it is a very long list indeed.
    The (strictly monogamous) bear travels through all of France in the quest of the woman whose life the fox has ruined, in the hope that the murderous sister can be captured and the fox can go on with his life. He meets all kind of womenfolk and learns a lot about his friend who is a far more dubious and amoral person than he had thought previously. Read More »

  • Jean-Claude Guiguet – Faubourg St Martin (1986)

    1981-1990ArthouseDramaFranceJean-Claude Guiguet

    Synopsis:
    Imagine a slightly dilapidated three star hotel in the tenth arrondissement run by a very distinguished lady with moral fibre and panache, Mrs. Coppercage. Alongside tourists visiting Paris, Mrs. Coppercage rents three rooms to three women at a monthly rate. Each woman is marked by life, yet they go on as best they can, never closing their eyes to the world around them, or to the men who impatiently await them. Faubourg Saint Martin opens as a love story and ends like a song as shots ring out and punctuate the chorus.Read More »

  • Riccardo Freda – Il magnifico avventuriero AKA The Magnificent Adventurer (1963)

    1961-1970AdventureItalyRiccardo Freda

    PLOT & Review:
    Benvenuto Cellini (1500-71) knows no obstacles (or scruples) when he has to create a work of art or win the heart (and the rest) of a woman.
    R. Freda does a genuinely popular cinema, practicing many genres, from drama to horror. Faced with a film of adventure, as here, he can be concise and engaging.
    (Morandini)Read More »

  • Nelly Kaplan – Plaisir d’amour aka The Pleasure of Love (1991)

    1991-2000ComedyFranceNelly Kaplan

    Plot :
    Guillaume de Burlador is a private tutor who hits a low point sufficiently severe for him to
    contemplate a somewhat theatrical suicide. Instead he is taken off by flying boat to a mad French colonial possession bedecked by mad servants and crazy decor. Three rather gorgeous women live there,and old Guillaume is a randy old stoat.Read More »

  • Sergio Corbucci – Gli specialisti AKA The Specialists (1969)

    1961-1970Euro WesternsItalySergio CorbucciWestern

    Johnny Hallyday plays Hud, a dressed all-in-black gunman extraordinaire who returns to the town of Blackstone to seek out the men responsible for the lynching of his brother.
    Seems someone robbed the bank in Blackstone of every penny. His brother got the blame. The money is still missing.
    But lots of people are looking for it, including a Mexican bandit named El Diablo (Mario Adorf), the businessmen of Blackstone who lost all of their savings, and Virginia Pollywood (Francoise Fabian), the lady bank owner who tells Hud no one trusts her anymore.Read More »

  • Claude Lelouch – La Bonne Année AKA Happy New Year (1973)

    1971-1980Claude LelouchCrimeDramaFrance

    Synopsis:
    At the end of 1972, con artist and thief Simon receives a remission to celebrate the New Year outside La Santé Prison. While heading to his apartment in Paris to meet his mistress Françoise, Simon notices that a car is chasing his cab. In the apartment, Simon leans that Françoise has a lover and he leaves the place without being noticed. Simon recalls the Christmas of 1966, when he travels out-season to Cannes with his partner and friend Charlot to heist the jewellers Van Cleef and Arpels. While plotting a scheme to rob the jewellers, Simon meets the intellectual antique dealer Françoise whose shop is the next-door neighbor of the target and he falls in love with her. But his scheme does not work as planned and Simon is arrested.Read More »

  • Olivier Ducastel & Jacques Martineau – L’arbre et la forêt AKA Family Tree (2010)

    2001-2010DramaFranceJacques MartineauOlivier Ducastel

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    Synopsis
    Frédérick’s passion in life is growing trees, but for sixty years he has been cultivating something more potent than plant life – a dark secret. Only his wife and his son know the truth about his past. After his son’s death, Frédérick realises that he must now let the rest of his family in on his long-kept secret…Read More »

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