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We Were One Man [Nous Etions Un Seule Homme] **** (1979, Serge Avedikian, Piotr Stanislas, Catherine Albin, Lucien Guérin) – Classic Movie Review 9963

Director Philippe Vallois’s splendid, heart-rending 1979 French gay movie We Were One Man [Nous Etions Un Seule Homme] is really subtle and special. In the autumn of 1943, in World War Two, Guy Rouveron (Serge […]

Jun, 26

My American Uncle [Mon Oncle d’Amérique] **** (1980, Gérard Depardieu, Nicole Garcia, Roger Pierre) – Classic Movie Review 9138

Director Alain Renais’s offbeat, humorous 1980 film My American Uncle [Mon Oncle d’Amérique] is a character study of a technical manager at a textile factory (Gérard Depardieu), a self-educated actress (Nicole Garcia) and a writer/politician […]

Dec, 08

Une Partie de Campagne [A Day in the Country] ***** (1946, Sylvia Bataille, Jane Marken, Georges D’Arnoux) – Classic Movie Review 8979

Director Jean Renoir’s delightful 1946 French short feature film Une Partie de Campagne [A Day in the Country] – poetic, humorous and evocative – is a cinematic milestone. Set in 1860, Renoir’s carefully constructed, exquisitely […]

Oct, 13

…And God Created Woman [Et Dieu… Créa la Femme] *** (1956, Brigitte Bardot, Curd Jürgens, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Christian Marquand, Georges Poujouly ) – Classic Movie Review 8792

And the 21-year-old Brigitte Bardot stripped off at the French Riviera seaside at St Tropez and became an overnight sensation in director Roger Vadim’s otherwise only mildly interesting 1956 film …And God Created Woman [Et […]

Aug, 04

Zaza *** (1938, Claudette Colbert, Herbert Marshall, Bert Lahr) – Classic Movie Review 8715

Director George Cukor’s 1938 musical romantic drama Zaza stars Claudette Colbert, who puts new life into the old theatrical workhorse story about the 1900s French vaudeville singer Zaza (Colbert) who has a sad love affair […]

Jul, 16

Édouard et Caroline [Edward and Caroline] **** (1951, Daniel Gélin, Anne Vernon, Elina Labourdette, Jean Galland, Jacques François) – Classic Movie Review 8672

Director Jacques Becker’s witty 1951 black and white French comedy Edouard et Caroline [Edward and Caroline] stars Daniel Gélin and Anne Vernon as pianist Edouard and his wife Caroline, who fight as he gets ready […]

Jul, 04

The Champagne Murders ** (1967, Anthony Perkins, Maurice Ronet, Yvonne Furneaux, Stéphane Audran) – Classic Movie Review 8646

Director Claude Chabrol’s 1967 thriller The Champagne Murders [Le Scandale] is an unexpected misfire from Chabrol during his best period, with Maurice Ronet starring as Paul Wagner, an oddball playboy who may be a murderer. […]

Jun, 27

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