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Tired of the behavior from the men in the local wine harvesting village in France, nine women form the Sabines women’s club – name chosen because no fewer than three of them go by the name of Sabine. They rent a mini bus to spend a weekend in Paris, void of men. The men of the village feel threatened by this act of women’s liberation. They organize a masked and armed commando, hi-jack the mini bus and kidnap the Sabines, in a reference to the ancient Roman myth of the abduction of the Sabines. Will the Sabines’ little liberation movement prevail or will it be crushed by the phallocracy, or is there a third option of equal opportunities and mutual enjoyment?Read More »

A tired, alcoholic police investigator has lost his wife to a hotel owner and former pimp, but befriends a young woman who is not at all who she claims to be.Read More »

In the fall of 1963, Anne is becoming a teenager. She lives in Paris with her mother and her older sister, Frédérique. They’re just back from summer at the beach with their father. School starts. For Frédérique it’s the year of her first serious love, her first foray into politics (the Algerian question and “ban the bomb”), her first kiss from an older man, her first friend who runs away, and her first loss of friendship over values. For Anne, who watches her sister closely, it’s a year of her first period and of learning to talk to boys, dealing with unfair teachers, and sorting things out with mom after getting in trouble.Read More »

This film recounts Henri Verneuil’s relationship with his father who had brought his Armenian family to Marseille, France, in order to escape from the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire. The film’s principal cast includes Richard Berry, Claudia Cardinale and Omar Sharif. It was preceded by Mayrig, the first autobiographical movie of Henri Verneuil.Read More »

Gwen is in her last year of high school. Her mother has just died. She lives in Morlaix, a small town in Brittany, France. In the middle of the year, Jean-Luc arrives, a sophisticated, cultured and magnetic Parisian.Read More »

1899. Hautes-Alpes. Soudain is a hamlet encircled by snow on the high plateaus of a remote mountain. Shortly after the arrival of a young primary school teacher, an avalanche claims its first local.Read More »

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Pedro Armendariz plays Igricheff, an undisciplined soldier who opts for the life of a mercenary. Operating out of the North African desert, Igricheff offers his services to a French arms smuggler (Paul Meurisse). Betrayed by his “partner,” Igricheff is left to face his fate alone, which he does with a philosophical shrug. A dash of feminine interest is provided by Anna-Marie Sandri as a native lovely whom Igricheff purchases during his journey across the desert.Read More »

“He” (Guillaume Canet) has hit rock bottom. This Parisian musician short on inspiration leaves his wife and kids high and dry to go recharge his batteries in an isolated and mysterious house which creaks with age and perhaps the weight of the past, and which sits on the edge of a cliff. Borrowing heavily from the codes of fantastic film, the movie’s mise en scène encourages us to believe that “Lui”/He isn’t there by chance and that He isn’t entirely at peace with himself, either. By way of this retreat, he’s running away from his professional responsibilities just as much as his personal duties, towards his wife as well as his mistress. There’s undoubtedly something which he needs to exorcise, but what? Incongruous visitors soon make an appearance to offer up the beginnings of an answer to this question.Read More »

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Five men have been business partners for decades. After years of working on the streets they pooled their money and purchased a night club that attracted a decent clientele. But their best days came after they remodeled the club into a gambling house. They kept the tiny dancing hall, but worked diligently to earn a reputation as a safe destination for seasoned gamblers. Their profits were small but steady and over time all of them were able to increase their savings.Read More »