L’Étrange Monsieur Victor is unquestionably one of Jean Grémillon’s
best films, an atmospheric, sombre tale of guilt, betrayal and retribution... [More...]
Remorques continues the trend in poetic realism
which was so popular in French cinema in the 1930s and reunites stars Jean
Gabin and Michèle Morgan (previously seen together in Marcel Carné’s
film... [More...]
Whilst not necessarily the best film of its time, Lumière d’été
is certainly one of the most important films made in France during World War
II... [More...]
Considering that it was made during a bleak and distressing period for
France, Le Ciel est à vous
is an astonishingly uplifting film with a message of unfettered hope
for the future... [More...]
Although unmistakably a classic of French cinema, Le plaisir is marginally less
satisfying than Ophül’s other attempts at films tableaux (La Ronde and Madame
de…)... [More...]
Yves Montand shows great promise as a comic performer in this entertaining farce from
Philippe de Broca. As is fairly typical of popular French comedies of this
period... [More...]
