Movie List for "french"

An old con-man fakes an illness and takes advantage of the kindness of one of his nurses. Year 1988.

92 BBC documentary-style shorts that record the lives of 92 victims of the VUE (Violent Unexplained Event), each with last names beginning with “Fall.” Year 1980.

Offenbach’s life and his loves upset with his favorite interpreter Hortense Schneider. This romanticized evocation of the life of the famous composer retraces a certain charm of the festive atmosphere of Paris in the Second Empire. Year 1950.

Margot Santorini is an aristocratic woman in 1936 in Greece, who amuses herself pursuing a shallow loveless affair with a nobleman, but unexpectedly falls in love with a political activist. Year 1976.

He is a revenge-obssessed stevedore whose sister was brutally raped and murdered. She is a wealthy, elusive woman. They try hard to get together… or do they? Year 1983.

In Godard and Gorin’s free interpretation of the Chicago Eight trial, Judge Hoffman becomes Judge Himmler (who doodles notes on Playboy centerfolds), the Chicago Eight become microcosms of French revolutionary society, and Godard … Year 1971.

While dining at a restaurant in Rome with his partner, a man recognizes the voice of a woman he loved at a nearby table. Year 1992.

Retired police officer Daniel Pratt’s teenage daughter is killed by a gang of hooded men. Pratt begins his own investigation to find the killers and who ordered them to do it – and take personal revenge out of the judicial system. Year 1985.

Hubert Géral plays Frederic, a film director who’s looking for a big hit. After a chance encounter with some promiscuous girls living in his apartment building, he gets an idea for a new film which he hopes will be a smash success. Year 1982.

Pierre Corneille’s Othon adapted faithfully to cinema, set in the ruins of the Rome of now-a-days. Year 1970.

Based on the Alexander Pushkin’s play, epic story about Tsar Boris Godunov, who reigned over Russia between 1598 and 1605. Year 1986.

Whilst spending a few days on the Côte d’Azur with his friends, Jérôme meets Simorre, a strange young woman who will have a profound impact on him. He allows her to take him into her world, and he soon finds himself caught in a te… Year 1987.

A middle-aged tough cop, George, is trying to help and protect a criminal, Manoni, that he has known since they were both young. He orders his younger colleague and friend, Didier, who has just married to stay with the Manoni’s wi… Year 1991.

Toni Veronese, small strike, attacks the interests of the Perez brothers, mobsters wanted throughout the country. Year 1980.

A drunkard believes he has killed a man during an bar-room brawl and as a result is forced to flee and live his entire life in hiding. His two young daughters suffer greatly under these … Year 1958.

Successful Julien sees his family off on holiday and at once becomes drawn into a risky relationship with Angela, whom he spies outside the cafe opposite his office. When he later finds she is to become his son’s new nanny he righ… Year 1994.