Les vendredis d'Apostrophes

Les vendredis d'Apostrophes 2015

6.00

Hours and historical meetings, Pierre Assouline has composed an anthology of the best extracts presented in the form of a primer, which he had commented on by a surprised Bernard Pivot.

2015

My Wife's Husband

My Wife's Husband 1963

6.60

After thirteen years in Germany, Fernand is coming back to his wife and his restaurant. But since his disparition, his wife as made her life with a norman chef, sympathetic but a specialist of butter's cooking when Fernand cook only with oil!

1963

Curling

Curling 2010

5.90

Set in a rural Québec village in the dead of winter, Jean-François, a single father, works at a deserted bowling alley at night and in a rundown motel during the day. His daughter, Julyvonne, never leaves their home. Jean-François isolates her in fear that contact with the outside world will scar her the way it has him.

2010

The Hunting Ground

The Hunting Ground 1951

6.50

In a small village, a farmer discovers his wife has committed suicide, but suspicions of murder arise, dividing the community. Amidst the conflict, he develops feelings for a young woman who is the sister of a man harboring a personal grudge against him.

1951

La traversée

La traversée 2022

6.04

Community workers, Alex and Stéphanie take five teen dropouts on an educational journey across the Mediterranean. But their skipper happens to be an ex cop with a powerful hatred for youths from the hood.

2022

Wild

Wild 2009

3.75

Kevin is a singular young man with sometimes dangerous behavior. He lives with Jean-Claude in a secluded farmhouse amidst a resplendent nature. The two men cohabit in confusing muteness. When Michèle meets Jean-Claude, she sees in him a passing lover. But when Kévin appears, Michèle sees the chance to give meaning to her own life.

2009

ici-bas

ici-bas 1997

2.00

Upon his mother's death, a young man decides to become a priest even though he doesn't believe in God.

1997

Yul Brynner, the Magnificent

Yul Brynner, the Magnificent 2020

7.50

The incredible story of the mythical Russian-American actor and filmmaker Yul Brynner (1920-85), the most exotic sex-symbol since Rudolph Valentino; the story of the atypical destiny of an international nomad: from the Parisian cabarets to the stages of Broadway and the Hollywood studios. The rise to fame of a multidisciplinary genius who became a king of the screen.

2020

A Woman in the Night

A Woman in the Night 1943

1

A theater troupe is touring Manon Lescaut, starring Denise, whose husband is a sick alcoholic. Tired of his violent outbursts, and wanting to rebuild her life, she runs away and finds refuge with a doctor who hires her as a nurse in his clinic. However, another jealous nurse commissions a detective to investigate, and ends up uncovering Denise's past.

1943

Mademoiselle O

Mademoiselle O 1994

1

About a young boy growing up to become a great artist. Set basically in St. Petersburg and a country dacha in Vyra during the aftermath of the 1905 Russian Revolution.

1994

Blaze

Blaze 1991

5.50

All of Europe was affected by the Great Depression of the 1930s, but some parts were hurt less badly than others. France, for instance, was relatively prosperous. In this grim drama, a sturdy Polish boxer and his family have settled into a mining town in northern France because that's where the work is. Like European "guest workers" in the 1990s, the Polish immigrants then were frequently treated badly by the locals. In this drama, the romantic aspirations of the boxer's son are thwarted by the concerted efforts of the local men and his own family's preference that he marry another Polish girl. After his romance fails, the son becomes a union activist and sacrifices a great deal to try to gain higher wages for the miners, but the contract he works out is reneged on by the duplicitous owners.

1991

Résidence

Résidence 2024

1

Alex, a young screenwriter lacking inspiration, has a few days to finish a script that the network and his producer are waiting for. He arrives forcibly at the artists' residence of Edgar, a painter and cook, who opens his home to them. No choice: Alex has to work. But of course it's not that simple. And then the other residents - Lola, a playwright, Yanis, a very, very novice magician, and Ambre, a very quiet young woman he's told is a singer - upset his lonely bear ways.

2024

Post Partum

Post Partum 2013

3.50

Luce and Ulysse love each other. They live a full and happy life managing their own little veterinary clinic on the Atlantic coast. Luce is awaiting a happy event. The future looks good. At least at first sight. But when baby Rose arrives, nothing goes as planned. Luce is out of her depth before the constant crying of her baby. Why does the baby cry so? Is she trying to warn her about something? Could it be that the little family is in danger?

2013

À mort la mort !

À mort la mort ! 1999

3.80

The idea for this film about a generation and its lost ideals came to Romain Goupil after attending several funerals of friends in the fall of 1996, where the '68 generation, now in influential positions in media or politics, kept meeting each other. It seemed as if the revolution that they had tried to make was being buried with each coffin. A MORT LA MORT is in some ways an homage to this generation, now in their fifties. They were a privileged generation that thought that they could change the world, doing everything that their parents failed to do. There were no actual deaths in France as there were in Germany or Italy, but the system was not ideal for personal issues or for love. There was always a scapegoat for the injustices of the world, be it capitalism or imperialism. That way the blame could be placed somewhere else. Some of the '68 generation are still faithful to the principles of their youth and still continue to fight for the illusions of the past.

1999

Sacrés gendarmes

Sacrés gendarmes 1980

5.10

In 1968, in a small village in the south of France, while the rest of the country was gripped by insurrectionary fervor and the search for a few liters of gasoline, life flowed peacefully. However, the tranquility and good humor of everyone were called into question by the announcement of the brigade's transfer to a less remote location.

1980

Secret Paris

Secret Paris 1965

7.00

Features gourmets chowing down on bats, voodoo practitioners, a chap who has a fetish for being covered in bees and a gal who has the Eiffel Tower tattooed on her behind so she can sell the skin at a later date. These choice cuts are interspersed with the usual parade of prostitutes, transvestites and strippers.

1965

The Uninvited

The Uninvited 1969

6.00

When her husband returns from his work abroad with a guest, a young girl, his wife suspects a liaison. She leaves her home. Her boss takes her to the Côte d'Azur. They get closer during the long voyage and the man invites her to his marital home.

1969