Les Disparus de Saint-Agil is classic of French cinema, an atmospheric comedy thriller
with dark elements of fantasy and mysticism, which is regarded as one of director Christian-Jaque’s
best works... [More...]
One of the most surprising French films to have been made in the late
1930s is this grim social realist drama which is years ahead of its
time in its uncompromising portrayal of child abuse and juvenile
delinquency... [More...]
This atmospheric work excels mainly on the strength of the performance of its lead actor,
Raimu, arguably one of French cinema’s greatest talents... [More...]
Based on two of Guy de Maupassant’s short stories, Boule de suif was one of the
first films to be made in France after the Liberation in 1944... [More...]
Les Jeux sont faits is one of a number of great French films made in the 1940s
which have never really achieved the viewership and recognition they deserve... [More...]
In Nous sommes tous des assassins, director André Cayatte makes an extraordinarily
powerful case for the abolition of the death penalty, and indeed goes some way to condemning
the society and legal system which... [More...]
As he neared the end of his prolific career as a writer and director, Sacha Guitry expressed,
through his work, an increasing sense of pessimism and disillusionment with the world... [More...]
The 1950s was when French film noir was in its heyday. The genre was both
remarkably popular in France and occupied a dominant place in French cinema of this decade.
Jusqu’au dernier is one film which epitomises... [More...]
