In one of the earliest of his political thrillers, director Yves Boisset broached the
controversial subject of racism – not just its banality in society in general but
also its malign influence on police procedure... [More...]
An amusing variation on the Bonnie and Clyde story, À nous deux is fairly
representative of director Claude Lelouch’s films from the 1970s... [More...]
After the phenomenal success of Le
Gendarme et les extra-terrestres (1979), director Jean Girault and comic star
Louis de Funès were tempted to revisit the genre of sci-fi spoof with La Soupe
aux choux... [More...]
In many ways, Le Grand frère, epitomes the French crime thriller of the
1980s – an imaginative plot, charged with gritty realism, spiced up with gratuitous (an
generally unnecessary) sex... [More...]
Danton is a joint Franco-Polish film from the distinguished Polish film director
Andrzej Wajda. The film was made in France after Wajda’s studio in Poland was closed
down by the Polish authorities in response to... [More...]
Claude Sautet’s third collaboration with Yves Montand – after the popular
César et Rosalie (1972) and
Vincent, François... [More...]
With its all-star cast and impressive production values (including lavish sets and close
attention to period detail), Papy fait de la résistance resembles that earlier
great French war-time comic classic... [More...]
In this film, the eternally controversial film director Jean-Luc Godard offers his distinctive
treatment of the familiar Carmen story, best known as the famous Bizet opera... [More...]
Les Morfalous marks the end of a twenty-five
year association between two pre-eminent figures in French cinema from the 1960s –
director Henri Verneuil and actor Jean-Paul Belmondo... [More...]
This deliciously funny comedy from director Yves Robert brings together some of the most
familiar and best loved actors in French cinema, including the magnificent Jean Rochefort
and the ever-delightful Miou-Miou... [More...]
Francis Veber brings his popular stage play (which ran for over 900 performances) to the
big screen with some success, making this one of the most popular film’s made in
France... [More...]
You should always be wary of any film which boasts more than half a dozen A-list actors.
There is of course the chance that the script is so mind-bogglingly brilliant that any
actor would jump at the chance to appear... [More...]
This lightweight black comedy was inspired by a well-known 1951 film
La Poison, directed by Sacha Guitry and starring
Michel Simon. Whilst it may not be as satisfying as that earlier film... [More...]
A darkly melancholic and brooding work, Les Âmes grises isn’t so much
a murder mystery as a troubling meditation on how people are affected
by evil circumstances in the world around them... [More...]
