La Bandera (1935)
Julien Duvivier
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La Marseillaise (1938)
Jean Renoir
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Mollenard (1938)
Robert Siodmak
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La Bandera is one of Julien Duvivier’s most memorable films, providing a satisfying
and early example of poetic realism, albeit in a setting far removed from contemporary
France... [More...]
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The only one of Renoir’s films that can truly be described as epic, La Marseillaise
succeeds as both an accurate historical account of an important part of French history
and as a reflection of the mood of the... [More...]
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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...]
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Dernier atout (1942)
Jacques Becker
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Macao, l'enfer du jeu (1942)
Jean Delannoy
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Les Enfants du paradis (1945)
Marcel Carné
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Jacques Becker’s first film is a rather obvious attempt to emulate the American gangster
movie / film noir genre. It is, for all that, an impressive début for the
man who is most often credited for popularising... [More...]
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This is the first of Jean Delannoy’s many great film triumphs, and probably his best.
In a film laden with menace and mistrust, he tells a complex story that is both satisfying
emotionally and immensely watchable.
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Often rated as the greatest film ever made, and certainly a major triumph of French cinema,
Les Enfants du paradis offers us a timeless tale of unrequited love... [More...]
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Knock (1951)
Guy Lefranc
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In this slightly stilted, but still entertaining, film adaptation of de Jules Romains’
popular stage play, Louis Jouvet gives one of his most commanding performances as the
irresistibly persuasive Dr Knock... [More...]
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