Jean-Louis Trintignant gives one his most intense performances in this carefully constructed
psychological thriller. In one of his better films, Gérard Pirès
(director of the 1990s hit Taxi) manages to convey... [More...]
Following Repulsion
(1965) and Rosemary’s Baby (1968),
Roman Polanski completed his masterful trilogy of social isolation and paranoia with The
Tenant (Le Locataire) in 1974... [More...]
After the popular success of
Un éléphant ça trompe énormément, director
Yves Robert reunited his four luckless heroes in this equally charming sequel... [More...]
A popular comedy which has become a major cult classic in France, Les Bronzés
has an indefinable charm which makes it easy to overlook its shortcomings... [More...]
After the success of Les Bronzés, the magnificent comedy troupe L’équipe
du Splendid made a triumphant return in this laugh-a-minute sequel which parodies the
French people’s obsession with skiing... [More...]
This is a very atmospheric film exploring the complex and strained relationship between
a sucessful, but traumatised middle-aged woman and an unfulfilled and emotionally unbalanced
man... [More...]
Coluche is the star of this limp comedy which, despite a few amusing sequences, generally
fails to satisfy. Instead of making any meaningful observations on the teaching
profession... [More...]
One of the most controversial comic films to have been made in France in the 1980s, Le
Père Noël est une ordure has since matured (as a fine wine might) into
one of that country’s most highly regarded... [More...]
With its all-star cast and impressive production values (including lavish sets and close
attention to period detail), Papy fait de la résistance resembles that earlier
great French war-time comic classic... [More...]
Comic performers Josiane Balasko and Thierry Lhermitte are on fine form in this boisterous
film comedy, based on a stage play by Balasko (who has proven to be equally talented
as both an actor and a writer)... [More...]
Bertrand Blier’s most impressive film to date, Trop belle pour toi is an intensely
melancholic and moving portrait of obsession and marital infidelity starring France’s
leading actor... [More...]
Josiane Balasko’s third film as a director is this energetic off-the-wall black comedy
which is clearly inspired by the Faust legend, and borrows some ideas from films such
as Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful... [More...]
Jean-Jacques Zilbermann’s first directorial offering combines an ironic
look at political idealism with an endearing portrait of an ordinary
family in 1950s France... [More...]
A decade after directing his first film,
Marche à l’ombre (1984), Michel Blanc
once again takes up the directorial baton and the result is Grosse
fatigue... [More...]
