French Films
Language Laboratory Film Collection Wagner College, Campus Hall 202 Belgium/Canadian/French/Swiss Films (updated April 2011): The 4 Musketeers (1974) Richard Lester The Four Musketeers defend the queen and her dressmaker from Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter. 35 shots of Rhum (2008) Claire Denis. France Displaying poetic realism, “35 shots of Rhum” is an enchanting film by Claire Denis, one of the most underestimated filmmakers in the US. Set among a small circle of friends and neighbors in a Parisian suburb, the tale centers around the relationship between a father and daughter and the arrival of a handsome young man. Sumptuously filmed, this delicate, understated film deals with the issue of the difficulties involved in letting go of family ties, even when they are dictated by the natural progress of time. The 400 Blows/ Les 400 coups (1959) François Truffaut. France A young Parisian boy, Antoine Doinel, neglected by his derelict parents, skips school, sneaks into movies, runs away from home, steals things, and tries (disastrously) to return them. Like most kids, he gets into more trouble for things he thinks are right than for his actual trespasses. He inhabits a Paris of dingy flats, seedy arcades, abandoned factories, and workaday streets, a city that seems big and full of possibilities only to a child's eye. One of the main films of the nouvelle vague. The Adversary/ L' Adversaire (2002) Nicole Garcia. France Based on the 2000 book of the same name by Emmanuelle Carrère, this film is inspired by the real-life story of Jean Claude Romand who lived a lie for almost 20 years as he pursued an imaginary career as a doctor of medicine .
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