Stéphane, a young French man from Paris, travels to Romania. He is looking for the singer Nora Luca, whom his father had heard all the time before his death. Wandering along a frozen road, he meets old Izidor, a member of the Roma (Gypsy) and tells him of Nora Luca. Izidor seems to understand and takes him to his village. Stéphane believes that Izidor will take him to Nora Luca when the time has come. So, he lives in the Roma(Gypsy) village for several months. The other inhabitants dislike him at first (as he comes from those who call them thieves and attack their folks) but when they as they get to know him better, they grow to like him. In summer, the ice between him and beautiful Sabina finally cracks, and a secret is revealed. – Written by Julian ReischlRead More »
France
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Tony Gatlif – Gadjo dilo AKA The Crazy Stranger (1997)
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Dominique Goult – Haine AKA Killer-Truck (1980)
1971-1980Dominique GoultDramaFranceThrillerA drifter on a motorcycle happens to be passing through a town immediately after a young school girl has been run over and killed by an unknown person on a motorcycle.Read More »
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Jean-Daniel Pollet – Une balle au coeur (1966)
Jean-Daniel Pollet1961-1970ArthouseDramaFranceFrancesco, a young Sicilian aristocrat, scars an aging gangster who has set out to take away his property. The gangster vows to obtain vengeance, and Francesco is forced to flee across Greece with his girl friend, pursued by his antagonist’s vicious henchmen.Read More »
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Andrea Bianchi & Jesús Franco – Commando Mengele AKA Angel of Death (1987)
Jesus Franco1981-1990Andrea BianchiExploitationFranceA Jewish commando unit hunting Nazi war criminals tracks down the infamous Dr. Mengele in the jungle, and find that he is torturing nubile young virgins and performing horrible medical experiments on the locals. They prepare to battle their way past Mengele’s hordes of fanatic Nazi bodyguards in order to get to him.Read More »
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Alain Jessua – Traitement de choc AKA Shock Treatment (1973)
Alain Jessua1971-1980DramaFranceThriller

A French businesswoman goes to a remote and popular rejuvenation clinic after a breakup, and begins to suspect the treatment methods used by the head doctor, and slowly uncovers the horrible secret behind the clinic’s success.Read More »
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Sylvain Chomet – La Vieille dame et les pigeons AKA The Old Lady and the Pigeons (1998)
1991-2000AnimationComedyFranceSylvain Chomet

In seductive central Paris, an undernourished gendarme willing to go to great lengths to feed himself hatches a desperate, yet utterly cunning plan.Read More »
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Éléonore Weber – Il n’y aura plus de nuit AKA There Will Be No More Night (2020)
2011-2020DocumentaryÉléonore WeberFrancePoliticsBased on video recordings from the American and the French armed forces in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria… The film diverts these propaganda images and show how far the desire to see can lead to, when it is used without limit.Read More »
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Luc Moullet – Les Contrebandières AKA The Smugglers (1968)
Luc Moullet1961-1970ArthouseComedyFranceSynopsis:
Two young women leave the claustrophobic existence of the big city behind and move to a small border town. They get caught up with a border guard who is involved in smuggling from both sides of the border. When the border changes as a result of a political realignment, the two young women end up living with the guard. Both fall for the man, but jealousy rears its ugly head and they move back to the city. The ever-restless women soon leave the city behind and return to the border where they continue their youthful romps with the guard and other willing participants. The guard has women on both sides of the line who help in his illegal activities.— Dan Pavlides, All Movie GuideRead More »
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Robert Enrico – Les aventuriers AKA The Last Adventure (1967)
Robert Enrico1961-1970AdventureDramaFrance

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Two adventurers and best friends, Roland and Manu, are the victims of a practical joke that costs Manu his pilot’s license. With seeming contrition, the jokesters tell Roland and Manu about a crashed plane lying on the ocean floor off the coast of Congo stuffed with riches. The adventurers set off to find the loot.Read More »





