Fashion Scandals

Fashion Scandals 2016

8.00

A documentary on the world of fashion. Using archive material, journalist Loïc Prigent remembers the key figures and events in the wacky world of haute couture, which is not always glamorous so much as downright vicious.

2016

Blonde et brune

Blonde et brune 2005

1

Blonde admired Brune's intransigence, who loved Blonde's spontaneity. Blonde had known how to say "yes" and enjoy the secondary benefits of her moral weakness (having a husband, children, in short, something like life)... Brunette had known how to say "no" and patiently suffer the inconveniences of her greatness. But now, after ten years of separation, Blonde arrives at her friend's house and the opportunity arises for both of them to try on each other's lives like trying on a dress.

2005

Stages of Love

Stages of Love 2024

6.31

For years, Henri and Nora have shared everything: they love each other, and she directs the plays he performs in. When Henri lands his first film role, the production of their new show is threatened, and their relationship explodes. They start wondering: is it possible to love each other without belonging to one another?

2024

Black Mor's Island

Black Mor's Island 2004

6.08

Kid, a 15-year-old hard laborer, steals a map that promises to reveal the location of the notorious pirate Black Mor's treasure. Together with his crew -- MacGregor, Beanpole, Taka and Jim the monkey -- Kid procures a vessel and sets out to sea.

2004

The Diversion

The Diversion 1952

6.00

Paris rendered as a labyrinth of intrigues. Filmed in Parisian parks and on a terrace, LE DIVERTISSEMENT foreshadows the labyrinthine walks that would be a part of Rivette’s cinema, in which the characters look for, follow and find each other like in a romantic scavenger hunt.

1952

Le Crâneur

Le Crâneur 1955

4.80

A singer tries to rescue a man drawn into the drug trade.

1955

Darkness

Darkness 1969

1

French horror short from 1969.

1969

Scandals of Clochemerle

Scandals of Clochemerle 1948

5.40

A little town erupts in turmoil about the construction of a public urinal. The army is sent in to restore order, but the military add to the confusion by getting involved with the local women.

1948

Morto Rossa

Morto Rossa 2022

1

A dance school organizes a mysterious casting to select a dancer for a future show. Suzie, after passing the audition, will be chosen as the lucky one.

2022

The Ambitious One

The Ambitious One 1959

6.50

This Yves Allegret film is set in French Polynesia and stars Edmond O'Brien, Richard Basehart, Andrea Parisy, Nicole Berger and Reg Lye. Basehart is the black sheep of a wealthy family of mining financiers based in France. He dumps the family life style and heads to Tahiti to make it on his own. His wife, Andrea Parisy, is less than amused with Basehart's choice.

1959

Pandora's Beauty

Pandora's Beauty 2000

5.50

Not long after Vincent meets the vivacious Pandore at the Montreal port for a business meeting, the two are soon rolling around in a hotel room. Vincent's ardor cools for the lass when he learns of her ominous secret, and his button-down wife Ariane walks out on him.

2000

Family Hero

Family Hero 2006

4.60

A story of a cabaret in Nice called "Le perroquet bleu" ("The blue parrot"). The innkeeper, Gabriel, dies at the beginning of the movie and leave his business to his godchildren : Nino and Marianne, whom father had been taken under Gabriel's wing when he was fifteen years old. After the reading of the will, the fate of "The Blue Parrot" is in their hands.

2006

L'Inconnu

L'Inconnu 1973

4.00

The descent into hell begins for Edouard, a disillusioned marginal, when he loses his job, and his wife leaves with his son. His meeting with a mysterious stranger, who claims to work for the secret services, leads him to commit the irreparable. Was it a trap or just a symptom of his madness? There is doubt...

1973

Zadoc and Happiness

Zadoc and Happiness 1995

1

Small, hunchbacked and unlucky, Zadoc dreams of finding love. Chased from his village, he is propelled towards the unknown.

1995

Gang of the Caribbean

Gang of the Caribbean 2016

5.20

A gun to be heard, a pen to make yourself understood. The identical course of four young West Indians men who arrived to Paris in the 70's.

2016

Taking Wing

Taking Wing 2000

4.00

This is the story of Stan, a young man who might be considered an ordinary, run of the mill guy. But his love and passion for the theatre propels him to realize the most extraordinary desires. He is very attached to his grandfather, who owns a butcher's shop and who offers that Stan take over the family business. But Stan refuses. He decides to drop out of school and move out of his family's apartment, despite the opposition of his parents. His uncle is the only one to support him in the impossible dream of becoming an actor.

2000