Pétain's Advent

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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Shadow of the Castles

Shadow of the Castles

In the north of France, the life of a nice family of marginalized.

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La Machine

La Machine

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 or the Catastrophic Comedy

Camille or the Catastrophic Comedy

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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Une sale histoire de sardines

Une sale histoire de sardines

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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À titre posthume

À titre posthume

A young policeman searches for the murderers of his drug addict sister. While he carries out his investigations, the criminals manage to get him...

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The Mysteries of Paris: Jacques Rivette's Out 1 Revisited

The 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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Fugue en sol mineur

Fugue en sol mineur

The New World

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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Simone

Simone

The love affair involving the beautiful Simone and the younger Françoise, coming from a frustrated suicide attempt.

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Every Revolution Is a Throw of the Dice

Every Revolution Is a Throw of the Dice

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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La chatte sur un doigt brûlant

La chatte sur un doigt brûlant

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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Une villa aux environs de New York

Une villa aux environs de New York

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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À vot' bon cœur

À vot' bon cœur

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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Archipelago of Love

Archipelago of Love

Nine short films about love.

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Lourdes l'hiver

Lourdes l'hiver

Renault-Seguin la fin

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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Employment Offer

Employment Offer

A man looks for a job, ignoring the selection process of employees. Part of "Contes modernes: A propos du travail."

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