Despite being a somewhat lacklustre melodrama (typifying the blandness of French cinema
immediately after the Liberation), Étoile sans lumière retains a
certain interest value with enthusiasts of cinema... [More...]
La Grande vadrouille is one of the great comic achievements of French cinema.
A magnificent action comedy, it had until very recently the distinction of being
the most popular film ever shown in France... [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...]
By the mid to late 1960s, Louis de Funès had well and truly established as France’s
top comic film actor. Le Petit baigneur is a relative minor entry in his
filmography but it continued a remarkable series... [More...]
