Movie List for "france 2"

As France is nearing the end of the first Indochina War, an open-minded teenage boy finds himself torn between a rebellious urge to discover love, and the ever-present, almost dominating affection of his beloved mother. Year 1971.

The rise and fall of a revolutionary cooperative movement established in a large private farm in Ribatejo, Portugal, from March to December 1975 (most part of the land occupations occurred … Year 1975.

Follows the conflict between a young Algerian man and the local Islamic fundamentalists. Year 1994.

The new member of a samurai militia unit causes disruption as several of his colleagues fall in love with him, threatening to disturb the rigid code of their squad. Year 1999.

A surrealist tale of a man and a woman who are passionately in love with each other, but their attempts to consummate that passion are constantly thwarted by their families, the Church, and bourgeois society. Year 1930.

A young woman reunites with her estranged father and falls in love with a sailor, but struggles to tell them about her dark past. Year 1930.

A French photograher is kidnapped and held hostage in a war-torn Beirut. Slowly but surely his integrity and self-respect is broken. Year 1991.

Monsieur Hulot curiously wanders around a high-tech Paris, paralleling a trip with a group of American tourists. Meanwhile, a nightclub/restaurant prepares its opening night, but it’s still under construction. Year 1967.

George Abitbol, “the Most Classy Man on Earth”, dies sputtering his famous last words: “cr*ppy world!” What the heck did he mean? Reporters Steven, Peter and Dave investigate. La Classe … Year 1993.

Tells the story of the Spanish invasion of Flanders Year 1935.

The exploits of Sir Perceval, a legendary exemplar of knightly chivalry and one of the champions of King Arthur’s Round Table. Year 1978.

Escaping gangsters trying to kill her because of being witness to a crime, Gloria (Victoria Abril), a young woman of lower class, comes back to Madrid, Spain and to her family. There she tries to find work and earn some money… Year 1995.

This documentary tells the story of film director Aleksandr Medvedkin, throughout his life a sincere believer in communism, whose films were repeatedly banned in the Soviet Union. Modern Russian film students express their excitement Year 1993.

A young woman kills herself, leaving no explanation to her grief-stricken pawnbroker husband. We learn in flashback about how they met, married, and how she failed to adapt her lifestyle to his. Disgusted with his attempts to dominat Year 1969.

“Maine-Ocean” is the name of a train that rides from Paris to Saint-Nazaire (near the ocean). In that train, Dejanira, a Brazilian, has a brush with the two ticket inspectors. Mimi, another traveler and also a lawyer, helps her. The Year 1986.

A German Marquise has to deal with a pregnancy she cannot explain and an infatuated Russian Count. Year 1976.