Des bêtes et des sorcières

Name: Des bêtes et des sorcières
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2019-10-28
Rating: 8.0

Limited Series 2019 · 4 eps · ★ 8.0 · Documentary

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Created by Dominique Hennequin

Networks: ARTE, ARTE

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Jean de Florette · 1986

Jean de Florette

★ 7.71986

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In a rural French village, an old man and his only remaining relative cast their covetous eyes on an adjoining vacant property. They need its spring water for growing their flowers, and are dismayed to hear that the man who has inherited it is moving in. They block up the spring and watch as their new neighbour tries to keep his crops watered from wells far afield through the hot summer. Though they see his desperate efforts are breaking his health and his wife and daughter's hearts, they think only of getting the water.

Manon of the Spring · 1986

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★ 7.61986

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In this, the sequel to Jean de Florette, Manon has grown into a beautiful young shepherdess living in the idyllic Provencal countryside. She plots vengeance on the men who greedily conspired to acquire her father's land years earlier.

A lonely Parisian woman comes to terms with her isolation and anxieties during a long summer vacation.

La Demoiselle d'Avignon · 1972

La Demoiselle d'Avignon

★ 7.31972

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Koba is a princess, a real one. To meet up the men she loves, she finds herself in Paris... François is a diplomat. He thinks he loves a student. Little does he know that his Cinderella wears a crown. To find her again he becomes ambassador of France in her country: Kurland...

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Paris, Kingdom of France, August 18, 1572. To avoid the outbreak of a religious war, the Catholic princess Marguerite de Valois, sister of the feeble King Charles IX, marries the Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre.

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada · 2005

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

★ 7.02005

MovieAdventureCrime

When brash Texas border officer Mike Norton wrongfully kills and buries the friend and ranch hand of Pete Perkins, the latter is reminded of a promise he made to bury his friend, Melquiades Estrada, in his Mexican home town. He kidnaps Norton and exhumes Estrada's corpse, and the odd caravan sets out on horseback for Mexico.

Pauline at the Beach · 1983

Pauline at the Beach

★ 6.91983

MovieDramaRomance

Marion is about to divorce from her husband and takes her 15-year-old niece, Pauline, on a vacation to Granville. There, she meets an old love...

On her way to visit her childhood home in a colonial outpost in Northern Cameroon, a young French woman recalls her childhood, her memories concentrating on her family's houseboy.

Danton and Robespierre were close friends and fought together in the French Revolution, but by 1793 Robespierre was France's ruler, determined to wipe out opposition with a series of mass executions that became known as the Reign of Terror. Danton, well known as a spokesman of the people, had been living in relative solitude in the French countryside, but he returned to Paris to challenge Robespierre's violent rule and call for the people to demand their rights. Robespierre, however, could not accept such a challenge, even from a friend and colleague, and he blocked out a plan for the capture and execution of Danton and his allies.

The Hairdresser's Husband · 1990

The Hairdresser's Husband

★ 6.81990

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Antoine has always been fascinated by a hairdresser's delicate touch, the beguiling perfume, and the enticing figure of a woman with an opulent bosom. After all, he had always known he would marry one, completing his idealized love fantasy.

The Return of Martin Guerre · 1982

The Return of Martin Guerre

★ 6.71982

MovieDramaHistory

Village of Artigat, southern France, summer 1542, during the reign of Francis I. Martin Guerre and Bertrande de Rols marry. A few years later, accused of having committed a robbery, Martin suddenly disappears. When, almost a decade later, a man arrives in Artigat claiming to be Martin, the Guerre family recognizes him as such; but doubts soon arise about his true identity.

A philosophy professor has an illicit affair with one of his students, a bright yet troubled girl who lives alone.

The Horseman on the Roof · 1995

The Horseman on the Roof

★ 6.51995

MovieAdventureRomance

In a time of war and disease, a young officer gallantly tries to help a young woman find her husband.

Fred, a raffish safe blower, takes refuge in the Paris Metro after being chased by the henchmen of a shady businessman from whom he has just stolen some documents. While hiding out in the back rooms and conduits of the Metro, Fred encounters a subterranean society of eccentric characters and petty criminals.

The Girl of Your Dreams · 1998

The Girl of Your Dreams

★ 6.51998

MovieComedyDrama

During the Spanish Civil War, a troupe of Spanish filmmakers is invited to shoot a film at UFA studios in Nazi Germany.

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