Christian-Jaque’s account of the life of Henri Dunant, founder of the Red Cross, is a
masterful composition, meriting a place amongst the director’s best works and a must-see
film for anyone interested in... [More...]
The multi-part film is a difficult kind of cinema to get right but Duvivier’s
Le Diable et les dix commandements is a rare exception where the form succeeds admirably... [More...]
It was Jean Girault’s film, Pouic-Pouic, which turned a hitherto minor film
comedian into a national star in France. It was Girault’s subsequent film
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez which transformed that star... [More...]
An exceptional cast elevates what might have been a routine run-around
comedy into an enjoyable romp with wide appeal. Somewhat
lighter and far less subversive than some of Jean-Pierre Mocky’s later
comedies... [More...]
Julien Duvivier ended his long and distinguished film career with this taut psychological
thriller, a popular genre and an unashamedly populist kind of film... [More...]
In this film, director Gilles Grangier attempts a happy marriage of the two genres that
most define his career: the popular comic farce and the classic French crime-thriller... [More...]
