Pétain's Advent
Recall of the events which, from 1914, favored Philippe Pétain's access to power in France in 1940.
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In the north of France, the life of a nice family of marginalized.
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Pierre Lentier murders an 8-year-old in horrendous circumstances. This 30-something solitary factory worker who lives on the edge of society is...
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Camille invites some soldiers to spend a Sunday in the country with her. When they arrive, they find that something is amiss.
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Marcel is his garage's handyman. With the smell of grease and petrol wafting through the air, alternating between night watchman, petrol pump...
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A young policeman searches for the murderers of his drug addict sister. While he carries out his investigations, the criminals manage to get him...
See moreThe Mysteries of Paris: Jacques Rivette's Out 1 Revisited
In June 2015, forty-five years after OUT 1 was made, the filmmakers went to Paris to interview cast and crew members and to revisit some of the...
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The New World
This short film shows a young couple during a short period after the explosion of a nuclear bomb 120 km above Paris. The city appears unaffected...
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The love affair involving the beautiful Simone and the younger Françoise, coming from a frustrated suicide attempt.
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A tribute to Mallarmé that not only asserts the continuing relevance of his work but also confronts its literary ambiguities with political and...
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A number of strange characters come to Corecheux, in France: the Lalyre famille, an homossexual notary, a severe-looking governess, a female witch,...
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Karl, a young immigrant, lives with his uncle in New York who jealously watches over the education of his nephew. A friend, Mr. Pallunder invites...
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French independent director Paul Vecchiali playfully bites the hand that periodically feeds him (and many of the nation's other creative...
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Nine short films about love.
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Renault-Seguin la fin
Between 1931 and 1993, the main Renault plant occupied the whole of an island in a loop in the river Seine to the west of Paris. This was one of...
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A man looks for a job, ignoring the selection process of employees. Part of "Contes modernes: A propos du travail."
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