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Kamouraska

  The film is set in rural Québec in the 1830s.  Élisabeth at the deathbed of her second husband, Jérôme Rolland, recalls her youth which is conveyed through a series Read More

La guerre de Troie n’aura pas lieu

  An inspired production of Giraudoux’ famous play about the conflict between those who see war as the greatest risk of all and the ultimate folly, and those who speak Read More

The Grand Highway

  Louis, a nine-year-old boy from Paris, spends his summer vacation in a small town in Brittany. His mother Claire has lodged him with her girlfriend Marcelle and her husband Read More

The Story of Adele H

  Halifax, 1863. A young woman, Miss Lewly, comes to Halifax to search for Lt Pinson, with whom she is madly in love. Actually, she is Adèle Hugo, the second Read More

The Roads of Exile

  Swiss director Claude Goretta has made a film in the tradition of the late Rober to Rossellini’s great “teaching” films, such as THE RISE OF LOUISE XIV and THE Read More

The Rise to Power of Louis XIV

  Cardinal Mazarin dies. In the power vacuum, the young Louis asserts his intention to govern as well as rule. Mazarin’s fiscal advisor, Colbert, warns against Fouquet, the Surintendant who’s Read More

King of Hearts

  This quirky comedic war film focuses on Scottish soldier Charles Plumpick (Alan Bates), who is sent to a French town on a mission to disarm a bomb left behind Read More

Port of Shadows

  On a foggy night, Jean (Jean Gabin), an army deserter, catches a ride to the port city of Le Havre. Hoping to start over, Jean finds himself in a Read More

Jacques the Fatalist

  An adaptation of Denis Diderot’s novel “Jacques le Fataliste” brought to life through film. Jacques, the chauffeur, and his boss take an unusual trip, with a lot of obstacles, Read More

I Can’t Sleep

  In 1980s Paris, a series of murders captures public attention. Meanwhile, the gorgeous Daiga (Yekaterina Golubeva) moves from Lithuania to Paris, immigrant musician Theo (Alex Descas) struggles to raise Read More