Drawing heavily on the poignant novel by Jules Renard on which it is based, Poil de
carotte is a modest yet appealing film which has stood the test of time mainly because
of the quality of its acting performances and... [More...]
Cette vieille canaille was one of half a dozen
films that Russian director Anatole Litvak made in France before taking up residence in
the United States... [More...]
Victor Hugo’s novel Les Misérables, regarded
by many as the most important literary work from France, has provided the source for numerous
film... [More...]
With its atmospheric chiaroscuro photography, impressive cast and
meticulous attention to period detail (not to mention some
stunning montage WWI battle sequences)... [More...]
One of Julien Duvivier’s most ambitious and controversial films is this character-based
adaption of the Gospels of the New Testament, which relates the last few days of Jesus
Christ... [More...]
Un carnet de bal is a good example of French cinema of the late1930s, and one of
the earliest successful attempts at the episodic film which became so popular in subsequent
decades.
The multi-part structure of the... [More...]
Towards the end of his successful and highly productive period in France, Robert Siodmak
directed a number of films that presage the great film
noir classics he would go on to make in Hollywood... [More...]
A stylish melange of fairy tale, romance, melodrama and suspense thriller, L’Assassinat
du Père Noël is typical of French cinema of the early 1940s... [More...]
One of the finest French language adaptations of an English play, Volpone should
be regarded as nothing less than a masterpiece of filmed theatrical farce... [More...]
