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Bed and Board

  Antoine and Christine have gotten married and are living in a pleasant apartment that her parents have found for them. In it she gives violin lessons, while he works Read More

Black Hanky-Panky

  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 Read More

The Barbarian Invasions

  In this belated sequel to ‘The Decline of the American Empire’, 50-something Montreal college professor, Remy, learns that he is dying of liver cancer. He decides to make amends Read More

The Beat That My Heart Skipped

  Twenty-eight-year-old Tom leads a life that might be termed as criminal. In doing so, he follows in the footsteps of his father, who made his money from dirty, and Read More

Babette’s Feast

  In a remote 19th-century Danish village, two sisters lead a rigid life centered around their father, the local minister, and their church. Both had opportunities to leave the village: Read More

Le chemin de l’honneur

  Georges Imbert is a sergeant in the French Foreign Legion who has served with distinction for five years. Now, to his surprise, he finds his services are no longer Read More

The Raven

  A vicious series of poison-pen letters spreads rumours, suspicion and fear among the inhabitants of a small French town, and one after another, they turn on each other as Read More

Chloe in the Afternoon

  The last of Rohmer’s Six Moral Tales. Frederic leads a bourgeois life; he is a partner in a small Paris office and is happily married to Helene, a teacher Read More

The Clockmaker

  Michel Descombes is a watchmaker in the district of Saint-Paul, Lyons. He lives quietly, alone with his almost grown-up son, Bernard. One day, the police come and say Bernard Read More

After Sex

  A group of attractive women get together for a weekend of bonding, hoping to relax and get away from the anxiety of their boyfriends. The women travel out of Read More