Noël Simsolo
1944 (81 год)The Mother and the Whore
Jean Eustache
Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Pierre Léaud
Aimless young Alexandre juggles his relationships with his girlfriend, Marie, and a casual lover named Veronika. Marie becomes increasingly jealous of Alexandre's fling with Veronika and as the trio continues their unsustainable affair, the emotional stakes get higher, leading to conflict and unhappiness.
The Mother and the Whore
’Round Midnight
Bertrand Tavernier
Dexter Gordon, Франсуа Клузе
Inside the Blue Note nightclub one night in 1959 Paris, an aged, ailing jazzman coaxes an eloquent wail from his tenor sax. Outside, a young Parisian too broke to buy a glass of wine strains to hear those notes. Soon they will form a friendship that sparks a final burst of genius.
'Round Midnight
Back to Room 666
Gustavo Spolidoro
Wim Wenders, Michelangelo Antonioni
What is the future of cinema? In 1982, in Cannes, Wim Wenders invited many movie makers to answer this question. 26 years later, the question remains, but Wenders is now on the other side of the camera.
Back to Room 666
Sergio Leone, une Amérique de légende
Jean-François Giré
Sergio Leone, Jean-Yves Berteloot
The destiny of Sergio Leone from his poor childhood in a neighborhood under fascism in Rome until his last film in America. This guided the filmmaker's personal life and career to create his epic antiheroes and spaghetti westerns.
Sergio Leone, une Amérique de légende
Femmes femmes
Paul Vecchiali
Hélène Surgère, Sonia Saviange
The fantasies and dreams of two over-the-hill actresses are intertwined with their realities, as the two roommates struggle to survive their day-to-day lives in the expensive and difficult world of Paris.
Femmes femmes
Alice ou la dernière fugue
Claude Chabrol
Sylvia Kristel, Charles Vanel
One night Alice can't stand her husband anymore and she decides to leave him. It's a dark, rainy night and something smashes the windshield so Alice is forced to seek shelter in an old mansion. She is warmly welcomed but soon realises that strange things are happening. She tries to escape but it seems there's no way out.
Alice or the Last Escapade
The Color of Lies
Claude Chabrol
Sandrine Bonnaire, Jacques Gamblin
In a small Breton town, a 10-year-old girl is found murdered. René, her art teacher, a professional painter, is the last person to have seen her alive. The inspector in charge of the investigation immediately questions him. In this small provincial town where people all know each other and regularly meet at the Bar des Amis, René is increasingly unsettled by the other inhabitants' suspicions and by the inspector's investigation. Children stop coming to him for lessons. His wife, Viviane, a district nurse, protects him and supports him with her love. However, a self-centred media-star writer adds to René's confusion...
The Color of Lies
Rosa la rose, fille publique
Paul Vecchiali
Marianne Basler, Jean Sorel
Rosa la Rose is the most beautiful prostitute of Les Halles. Every client wants her and she accepts everything. Her pimp is a sympathetic and generous man and there is not much to tell about Rosa’s life. Until one day she meets Julien, a young guy, and falls in love with him. But will it be worthy to leave her life for a madness love?
Rosa la Rose, Public Girl
Simone Barbes ou la vertu
Marie-Claude Treilhou
Ingrid Bourgoin, Martine Simonet
Simone and Martine are usherettes in a porno cinema in Montparnasse. Installed in the hall, they greet regulars, put men in their place, chat and pass the time. At midnight Simone departs to a lesbian nightclub.
Simone Barbès or Virtue
Je suis né d'une cigogne
Tony Gatlif
Ромен Дюри, Rona Hartner
Three French pals take to the road in a stolen car and discover a talking, wounded stork — who claims to have deserted the Algerian army — and help it to escape to the home of a relative in Germany.
Children of the Stork
Jean Cocteau, mensonges et vérités
Noël Simsolo
Jean Cocteau, Jean-Luc Godard
This documentary consists mainly of archive interviews of Jean Cocteau, and it features interesting contributions by Jean Marais and especially Jean-Luc Godard, who discusses Cocteau's foray into cinema. The film documents all the artistic media explored by a man who defined himself, first and foremost, as a poet.
Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths
