Sexual frustration is the focus of this Hitchcockian thriller from French director Claude Chabrol. Schoolteacher Hélène (Stép...
The Grand Magic Circus, which performed on streets and in theaters in the 1970s, here takes to film. The story told concerns ...
This French comedy was produced by the Eclair Company, a Franco-American firm of the era. Evidently inspired by Rigoletto, th...
French attitudes toward their large Arab population are explored in this drama. Here a bus driver causes enormous trouble for...
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Fernandel plays the Raimu-like title character in Le Boulanger de Valorgue (The Baker of Valorgue). A young girl (Pierette Br...
French filmmakers Alain Berberian and Frédéric Forestier direct the buddy action comedy Le Boulet (Dead Weight). Tough crimin...
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The classic 17th century Moliere comedy Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme is given respectful treatment in this 1958 filmization. Jean...
Molière's play about a "bourgeois gentleman" was the basis for this cinematic interpretation of the same story, which illustr...
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When a man is ambitious, it is hard for him to remain in his African village and wait for whatever opportunities arise. Inste...
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All of Europe was affected by the Great Depression of the 1930s, but some parts were hurt less badly than others. France, for...
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An alcoholic writer suffering from brain cancer discovers his maid is in love with him. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
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The prostitutes of Palermo are pictured in this episodic Italian drama. The film lacks a real unifying thread as it presents ...
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During his adolescent years, Sami, a French teen, saved 15-year-old buddy Patrick from a potentially fatal skiing accident - ...
The Gift was based on Bankers Also Have Souls, a play by Valme and Terzolli. To honor retiring co-worker Gregoire (Pierre Mon...
Le Café du Cadran was released in the U.S. as Clockface Café. The title refers to a real-life nitery on Paris' Avenue de l'Op...
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Set in a cafe which has become the hangout for a group of unhappy and frustrated men, this slice-of-life film follows them as...
Virginie is the daughter of the local bar owner and has ambitions to become a writer. She is an upbeat and inquisitive girl. ...
Between 1951 and 1972 Bernard Borderie directed many "B"-grade films, and this low-budget, rapidly made comedy is one of them...
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In the same year as his flamboyant Exorcismo, Iberian filmmaker Juan Bosch directed this Italian-Spanish co-production, a gia...
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In this most talky and personal of films, director Marguerite Duras and actor Gerard Depardieu do an on-camera read-through o...
In this most talky and personal of films, director Marguerite Duras and actor Gerard Depardieu do an on-camera read-through o...
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Two Palestinian lovers, parted during the 60s when he is imprisoned for resisting the Israeli occupation and she sorrowfully ...
La Cap De L'Esperance (The Cape of Hope) takes place in the criminal demi-monde of a French portside community. Faded beauty ...
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Based on a novel by Theophile Gautier, this costume drama by Pierre Gaspard-Huit is set in 17th-century France and centers ar...
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Andre Hunebelle directs this talky, standard costume drama set in the court of King Louis XIII in the 17th century. King Loui...
Director Robert Vernay adapted the screenplay of Le Capitan from a novel by Michael Zevaco. Set during the reign of Louis XII...
The eponymous French corporal, played by Jean-Pierre Cassel, is ensconced in a German POW camp. Cassel plots with his friends...
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