This compelling portrait of St Vincent de Paul, a strikingly humanist work, features Pierre
Fresnay in arguably his best film performance. The film has the distinction
of being the first French language film to win an... [More...]
Les Dernières vacances was the first of
only two full-length films to be directed by the writer and critic Roger Leenhardt (the
other being the 1961 film Le Rendez-vous de minuit)... [More...]
This is a fine tragicomic romantic film from arguably the most romantic of all the great
pre-WW2 French film directors, René Clair. It has the distinction of being
Clair’s first film to be made in colour... [More...]
By the time he came to make Paris
brûle-t-il?, René Clément was one of the most
highly regarded film directors in France. Two of his films had
won Oscars in the Best Foreign Language Film category... [More...]
Winner of two oscars in 1969 (for best foreign picture, best editing) and awards at Cannes
(the jury prize and best actor for Trintignant), Z is the film that took
1969 by storm... [More...]
Whilst much of the last decade of Jean Gabin’s career is generally pretty lacklustre
there are a few films in which the actor distinguishes himself with some pretty remarkable
performances... [More...]
This typical early ‘80s French thriller proved to be a huge success for its producer and
lead actor, Alain Delon. The film was based on a successful novel by the writer
Jean-Patrick Manchette... [More...]
This is a film which is not just about the pleasure of reading but also about the power
it has to alter our perception of the world, offering us new experiences which can be
as profound as anything in real life... [More...]
