King Louis XIV’s chief garden architect selects a talented woman to design an important project for the grounds at the new Palace of Versailles, and of course, the two fall in love.
Le CHAMBON (1997)
Le Chambon is the true story of a courageous French pastor and his village who saved thousands of Jews during the Holocaust. Click the image to read my entire review.
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
Joan of Arc’s trial is set forth by Theodore Dreyer as a parallel to that of Jesus of Nazareth, both being Innocents suffering at the hands of evil men.
Magic in the Moonlight (2014)
Set in Provence, France, Woody Allen’s film explores the possibility of the supernatural when a stage magician is asked to prove a lovely medium is a fake.
The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014)
An Indian family opens a restaurant in a small French Village across from a fancy French restaurant, the French female owner starts a war of will & wits.
Flyboys (2006)
A white and a black aviator fly for France before the US enters the war. They encounter danger in the skies, & one of them romance on the ground.
A Very Long Engagement (2004)
During WW 1 5 French soldiers with wounded hands are sentenced to death for faking their wounds. 3 years later the lover of one sets out to search for him.
Les Miserables (1995)
Rated PG-13. Running time: 1 hour 59 min. Our content ratings (1-10): Violence 4; Language 1; Sex/Nudity 3. Our star rating (1-5): 5 Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you have had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word that you have heard. Yet I am …
A Midnight Clear (1992)
A squad of G.I.s in Dec. 1944 in France are ordered to watch for Germans in the area. When a group wants to surrender they are not clear what to do.
Haute Cuisine (2012)
While serving as chef for a crew in Antarctica, Hortense reflects back to the time when she cooked private meals for the President of France.