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 Director: Bertrand Tavernier (2010) Adapted from a short story by Madame de La Fayette (published in 1662), La Princesse de Montpensier is a tale of the passions and tragic fate of a princess, a rich heiress of a French kingdom under threat in the wars of religion of 1562. The focal point of La Fayette’s  ..Lees verder

 Director: Jacques Audiard (2001) Carla Bhem has worked as a secretary for a property development company for a long time. Her job, basically, is everything : from handling files and answering the phone to drafting estimates and dealing with suppliers. First to arrive in the morning, last out at night. For that, she gets paid  ..Lees verder

 Director: Roger Vadim (1959) Amidst the smoky and chic world of Parisian elite, Roger Vadim (And God Created Woman, Barbarella) re-creates Choderlos de Laclos’ scathing 18th-century novel of bedroom secrets and casual cruelties. Jeanne Moreau (Jules & Jim, La Notte) and Gerard Phillipe (La Ronde, Beauty and the Beast) star as Juliette and Valmont, two  ..Lees verder

 Director: Jacques Demy (1970) A king (wealthy thanks to his banker donkey) falls in love with his daughter because he’d promised his dying wife that he would only marry a woman more beautiful than she was… Thanks to the tricks and ploys of her godmother, the Lilac Fairy, his daughter resists his advances. She demands  ..Lees verder

 Director: Jacques Demy (1961) At the peak of the French New Wave in 1961, one of the most beloved French directors, Jacques Demy, made this film—a prequel to his masterpiece Umbrellas of Cherbourg. The reappearance of a beautiful woman from a young man’s past brings a swirl of nostalgia, regret, romantic hope and melancholy, a  ..Lees verder