Original title : La Conquête de l’Eau Isolated in the countryside, a prisoner of tradition, the “Frênes” estate sees its harvests compromised by a seasonal drought. Alain, the farmer’s son, leaves for the factory, to the despair of Annette, his childhood friend. A fire is put out by a motorbike pump, prompting the purchase of … Continued
Original title : Le blé le plus dur The world is divided into two groups: those who eat wheat and those who eat rice. It was in the land of rice that Marco Polo discovered the recipe for pasta. It’s not enough to use wheat flour to make pasta, you need a certain kind of … Continued
Original title : Bon pour le service Film censored by the Film Control Commission because of the “subversive nature of the comments made about the army and military service” (Letter from the Ministry of Information, 5 August 1963). Apart from work, what do they offer you?… the twist and… military service. This sentence represents the … Continued
Original title : La Bonne conscience Posthumous work by Marcel GIBAUD. The director, forced to spend a year in a sanatorium in the mountains, films what he saw and felt from a critical angle.
Original Title : L’Amour à Paris This is not strictly speaking a history of love in Paris, the subject would be too vast… It is the history of love with a small “a”, of easy, venal love, and even of prostitution. Embellished by the passage of time, all that can be odious in the exercise … Continued