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La Jetée. La Jetée (French pronunciation: [la ʒəte]) is a 1962 French science fiction featurette directed by Chris Marker and associated with the Left Bank artistic movement. Constructed almost entirely from still photos, it tells the stable time loop story of a post-nuclear war experiment in time travel. It is 28 minutes long and shot in ...
The French Connection. (film) The French Connection is a 1971 American neo-noir [6] action thriller film [7] directed by William Friedkin and starring Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, and Fernando Rey. The screenplay, by Ernest Tidyman, is based on Robin Moore 's 1969 nonfiction book. It tells the story of fictional New York Police Department ...
La Révolution française is a two-part 1989 historical drama co-produced by France, Germany, Italy and Canada for the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution. The full film runs at 360 minutes, but the edited-for-television version is slightly longer. It purports to tell a faithful and neutral story of the Revolution, from the calling of ...
The Connection (French: La French) is a 2014 action crime thriller film directed by Cédric Jimenez and produced by Alain Goldman.The film was inspired by the events of the French Connection in the 1970s, starring Jean Dujardin as police magistrate Pierre Michel (juge) and Gilles Lellouche as Gaëtan "Tany" Zampa, a drug gang ringleader. [3]
National films. €493.10 million (43.1%) The cinema of France comprises the film industry and its film productions, whether made within the nation of France or by French film production companies abroad. It is the oldest and largest precursor of national cinemas in Europe, with primary influence also on the creation of national cinemas in Asia.
Marguerite is a 2015 French-language comedy-drama film directed by Xavier Giannoli and written by Giannoli and Marcia Romano, loosely inspired by the life of Florence Foster Jenkins. The film is an international co-production among France, the Czech Republic, and Belgium. [4] Marguerite received eleven nominations at the 41st César Awards ...
The Round Up (2010 film) The Round Up. (2010 film) The Round Up (French: La Rafle) is a 2010 French historical war drama film written and directed by Roselyne Bosch and produced by Alain Goldman. The film stars Mélanie Laurent, Jean Reno, Sylvie Testud and Gad Elmaleh. Based on the true story of a young Jewish boy, the film depicts the Vel' d ...
Baguette. A baguette (/ bæˈɡɛt /; French: [baɡɛt] ⓘ) is a long, thin type of bread of French origin [3] that is commonly made from basic lean dough (the dough, not the shape, is defined by French law). [4] It is distinguishable by its length and crisp crust. A baguette has a diameter of about 5 to 6 cm (2– in) and a usual length of ...