Lino Ventura gives one of his legendary tour de force performances in
this intricate mystery-thriller, a compelling film which appears to have
been influenced by both American film noir and the work of Alfred Hitchcock... [More...]
Director Henri Verneuil originally conceived this film as a latter day
Gallic western, with lorries replacing horses, and the North African
landscape making a plausible substitute for the American
mid-west... [More...]
La Grande vadrouille is one of the great comic achievements of French cinema.
A magnificent action comedy, it had until very recently the distinction of being
the most popular film ever shown in France... [More...]
By the mid to late 1960s, Louis de Funès had well and truly established as France’s
top comic film actor. Le Petit baigneur is a relative minor entry in his
filmography but it continued a remarkable series... [More...]
This somewhat lacklustre re-make of a classic 1930s French film achieved some success
when it was released in 1968, mainly on the strength of its impressive cast list... [More...]
In common with many of Benoit Jacquot’s films, Pas de scandale is an intensely
sombre character study centred around one person experiencing a mid-life crisis... [More...]
