In Nazi-occupied Paris, the immoral art dealer, Robert Klein, leads a life of luxury, until a copy of a Jewish newspaper brings him to the attention of the police, linking him with a mysterious doppelgänger. Will Mr Klein clear his name?Read More »
Jeanne Moreau
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Joseph Losey – Monsieur Klein (1976)
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Peter Brook – Moderato cantabile AKA Seven Days… Seven Nights (1960) (HD)
1951-1960ArthouseDramaFrancePeter BrookA wealthy and bored woman is witness of a murder in affection and meets another witness. She asks him about the history of the victim and falls in love with him.Read More »
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Philippe de Broca – Chère Louise AKA Dear Louise (1972)
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A young woman, Louise, is a lecturer in a provincial town where she meets an Italian immigrant. The film retraces their relationship.Read More » -
Marc Allégret – Julietta (1953)
1951-1960ComedyFranceMarc AllégretJulietta Valendor is a romantic and dreamy girl who accepts with difficulty the fifth-year-old fiancé chosen by her mother: the very worldly prince of Alpen. One day she is given the opportunity to meet the man of her dreams in the person of lawyer André Landrecourt.Read More »
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Louis Malle – Viva Maria! (1965)
1961-1970ArthouseComedyFranceLouis MalleWhen two women – both named Maria – accidentally invent the striptease circa 1910 they become such a hit that enthusiastic audiences strip along with them! But when one of the Marias falls for a handsome revolutionary she finds that she has unwittingly embroiled the two of them in an armed peasant revolt!Read More »
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Pierre Grimblat – Lisa (2001)
Drama2001-2010FrancePierre GrimblatRomanceStumbling across an uncompleted 1939 film called “Princess Marushka”, filmmaker Sam becomes intrigued with the young actor Sylvain Marceau, who last appeared in the film. Hoping to discover the mystery behind Sylvain’s disappearance, Sam decides to make a documentary and sets off to interview those who knew Sylvain, including elderly Lisa Morain. Through her interview, Sam learns the story of Lisa and Sylvain’s doomed love affair on the eve of World War II.Read More »
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Joseph Losey – La truite AKA The Trout (1982)
1981-1990DramaFranceJoseph LoseyRomanceFrederique (Huppert) leaves her family’s small-town trout farm to embark on an journey taking her to Japan and into the arms of a man. Irritations concerning her actions and present state of feelings begin to fill her mind, forcing her to come to terms with innermost self.Read More »
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Theodoros Angelopoulos – To Meteoro Vima tou Pelargou AKA The Suspended Step of the Stork (1991)
Theodoros Angelopoulos1991-2000ArthouseDramaGreeceSynopsis wrote:
A journalist (Grigoris Patrikareas) is conducting an investigation regarding the refugees in Northern Greece and the immigrants who are detained at the border. He meets a man (Marcello Mastroianni) who resembles a politician who has gone missing. His wife (Jeanne Moreau) is summoned to identify him, but when she sees him she states that he is not her husband. The man’s identity remains unknown in a world where natural borders are not just a place of transition, but also an end, a no-man’s land, the end of a century.Read More » -
Amos Gitai – Plus tard AKA One Day You’ll Understand (2008)
Amos Gitai2001-2010DramaFranceQuote:
As the 1987 trial of Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie unfolds on television, Victor Bastien (Hippolyte Girardot — Lady Chatterley) reviews old family documents and finds a distressing “Aryan declaration” authored by his late father, a discovery that throws Victor’s conception of his family’s history into darkness. His mother, Rivka (legendary actress Jeanne Moreau — Jules and Jim, Eva), keeps a stubborn silence about the past, while Tania (Dominique Blanc), his sister, defends their father’s declaration. At the same time, Victor’s wife (Emmanuelle Devos — Kings and Queen) and children grow concerned about his increasing distraction. Burning with the need to unearth the truth, Victor takes his family to the tiny village where Rivka’s parents were forced to hide during the war.Read More »