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Céline and Julie Go Boating poster
Movie

Julie, a daydreaming librarian, meets Céline, an enigmatic magician, and together they become the heroines of a time-warping adventure involving a haunted house, psychotropic candy, and a murder-mystery melodrama.

Céline and Julie Go Boating

Sep 1974

Loulou poster
Movie

A bored wife leaves her husband for an unemployed, petty criminal.

Loulou

Sep 1980

Marshal Law poster
Movie

A former cop in Texas comes into action when a gang threatens his family.

Marshal Law

Mar 1996

Providence poster
Movie

On the eve of his 78th birthday, the ailing, alcoholic writer Clive Langham spends a painful and sleepless night mentally composing and recomposing scenes for a novel in which characters based on his own family are shaped by his fantasies and memories, alongside his caustic commentary on their behaviour.

Providence

Jan 1977

The Bronte Sisters poster
Movie

In a small presbytery in Yorkshire, England, living under the watchful eyes of their aunt and father, a strict Anglican pastor, the Bronte sisters write their first works and quickly become literary sensations.

The Bronte Sisters

May 1979

The Accuser poster
Movie

In this sardonic comedy, after an executive is killed in a mysterious automobile accident, the French offices of his multinational company is inundated with mysteriously threatening be-ribboned anti-capitalist tracts, delivered overnight to everyone's desks. Later, the executive's body is brought to company offices for an official wake -- only no one at the company has ordered that such a thing be done. A mysterious prankster, who is able to imitate the voice of the company's president, has arranged these things. When Americans from the head office get wind of these developments, they institute a search for the perpetrator which leads to mysterious subterranean passages under the company's skyscraper.

The Accuser

Sep 1977

Bye Bye Monkey poster
Movie

In metahistorical New York city electrotechnician Lafayette deals with a megalomaniac director of a wax museum of ancient Rome, an italian lonely anarchist, a group of feminist actresses - including Angelica who falls in love with him - and a small adopted chimpanzee.

Bye Bye Monkey

Feb 1978

Christ Stopped at Eboli poster
Movie

In the fascist Italy of 1935, a painter trained as a doctor is exiled to a remote region near Eboli. Over time, he learns to appreciate the beauty and wisdom of the peasants, and to overcome his isolation.

Christ Stopped at Eboli

Feb 1979

The Lacemaker poster
Movie

Pomme is a meek and mild French beautician whose life takes a fateful turn during a vacation to Normandy. She becomes the lover of middle-class literature-student François. The relationship sours when François takes her home to meet his parents, thanks in no small part to their differing social backgrounds.

The Lacemaker

May 1977

Under the Sun of Satan poster
Movie

Satan tempts Father Dossignan, who is trying to save the soul of a young girl who killed one of her lovers.

Under the Sun of Satan

Aug 1987

Blood of the Innocent poster
Movie

A Chicago cop goes to Poland to get the hoods who killed his brother. When he finds out they belong to the local outfit of the Russian mob, he takes on the outfit's boss, as well as Dr. Lem, who handles illegal organ trade for the mob.

Blood of the Innocent

Jan 1994

Butterfly on the Shoulder poster
Movie

On a stopover in Barcelona, Fériaud Roland discovers a corpse in the hotel room next door. He wakes up in a strange clinic without remembering who brought him there. The doctor insists he hallucinated, but it's not long before he obtains evidence that it wasn't a dream.

Butterfly on the Shoulder

May 1978

Messidor poster
Movie

Two young women from very different backgrounds journey into the countryside seeking respite from unsatisfactory lives and relationships, but ultimately find that there is no way back to the world they once knew.

Messidor

Mar 1979

Doctor Francoise Gailland poster
Movie

Dr. Françoise Gailland has a hectic schedule, which causes her to have little time to spend with her family, which consists of her husband Gérard, her pregnant teenager daughter Élisabeth, and her sullen son Julien. However, she does manage to find the time to spend with her lover, Daniel Letessier. While her life in such disarray, she learns that she has cancer. Françoise tries to put a brave face on it, and is determined to face the life-threatening disease with courage.

Doctor Francoise Gailland

Jan 1976

Scrambled Eggs poster
Movie

Brumaire, the director of public relations at the Élysée, is trying to boost the rating of his government.

Scrambled Eggs

Mar 1976

Your Turn, My Turn poster
Movie

Family mother and model wife, Agnes hits a vehicle while driving in Paris. She immediately falls in love with the driver of the damaged car.

Your Turn, My Turn

Mar 1978

Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder poster
Movie

French film critic Michel Ciment interviews Billy Wilder about his life and filmmaking.

Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder

May 1982

The Wonderful Crook poster
Movie

A manufacturer of furniture sees his business go down and decides to rob banks to pay his staff. Het gets romantically involved with one of his victims.

The Wonderful Crook

Feb 1975

The Middle of the World poster
Movie

Paul is married, a successful engineer, and a conservative candidate in an upcoming local election. He falls in love with Adriana, a café waitress from Italy. Paul's party is very critical of foreign labour and wants to keep Switzerland to the Swiss. Where Paul falls deeper and deeper into the relationship and is ready to leave his wife, Adriana feels the social pressure growing and has to make her own decision.

The Middle of the World

Sep 1974

The Boldest Job in the West poster
Movie

A bandit gang successfully executes a complicated bank heist but disagreements arise in the aftermath.

The Boldest Job in the West

Mar 1972

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