Movie List for "france"

Michel le Gorgues is a by-the-book government employee in charge of Building Safety & Sanitation at the Paris “Prefecture”. Because he has deemed as unsanitary and dangerous a tenement occupied by African immigrants, the zealous o… Year 1986.

A study of minor events in the adolescence of a boy growing up in small towns. Daniel lives with his grandmother and, after one year of high school, has to go to live with his mother in the south of France. She is a seamstress liv… Year 1974.

Richard, a French journalist is sent to Jerusalem to report on the city and its inhabitants on the eve of the Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement. In search of an article subject, he meets Hammoudi who seeks his Palestinian mother… Year 1994.

Employed at the toll booth of a motorway and still living with his mother, thirtysomething Daniel, decides one fine day to go up to Paris with his cousin in Rosny, from where he is getting ready to explore the capital. Year 1999.

The unsuspecting Parisian postman Thibon accepts a transfer as army mailman in Indochina. In the hospital, after his mail van is blown up by a mine, he falls in love with his Indochinese nurse Vang. Year 1966.

Claire, a French tourist, is arrested by a puritanical and brutal policeman, who sends her to a women’s prison. Year 1988.

A woman sitting on a bench, silent, filmed long and closely. Year 1975.

Docu-drama about Ivorian artist Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, a.k.a. Cheik Nadro (or just Nadro), who after a divine vision in 1948, invented an alphabet for Bété, a West African language, to fight against the French colonization in his… Year 1998.

Cesar is in love with Rosalie. But Rosalie isn’t making it easy for him, especially when her old flame enters the picture. Year 1972.

It’s an all-out-war when a government agent tries to regain control of a turf struggle between drug lords Year 1992.

A Breton girl leaves her village to work in the city. She is seduced and gets a child. She dares not return home and then becomes victim of a gang of smugglers. She flees but will she she find someone to take care of her and her baby Year 1954.

Harry is a married writer who has an affair with a woman whose husband knows that she is unfaithful. As a result of his work, Harry has trouble distinguishing between fantasy and reality leaving us to wonder whether the affair is … Year 1973.

N/A Year 1956.

In the 17th century, the rich butcher Corentin plans to marry the beautiful Clémence, but the wedding was not consummated because of a storm which made Corentin impotent. Year 1988.

Isabelle runs a nursing home for wealthy women who are trying to detox from their various obsessions. Year 1970.

Humiliated and down on his luck, a superintendent turns his life around when he decides to write a book. Year 1978.