Best French Movies

Luis Bunuel’s L’Age d’Or provoked such a fierce reaction among the Right that it was almost immediately banned by the French authorities after its release and not shown for another 50 years (it was finally allowed to play in Paris again in 1980). Suffice it to say, when you see it, you’ll understand why: especially the final sequence.

Bunuel and Dali’s surreal visions of tireless yet unfulfilled lovers through time imposed upon by “polite” society and driven to (in his case) madness and atheism and (in her case) nymphomania and desperate debauchery is a wild and amazing work of art.

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Persepolis is one of the best theatrical foreign art films I think I have ever seen in my life. Marjane Satrapi, not only did the drawings for the movie but also for the books, has created a masterpiece.

The tale is about her life as a young girl in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. Along with her life during the Revolution, it also revolves around her life away from her parents and life on the street when she finds herself without money in another country.

This is a story of the dreams that were shattered after the Islamic revolution…the families that were broken…. and the collapse of the most ancient civilization on earth…It is a true story of one of the biggest human tragedies in 20 century and the movie very cleverly shows that fact.

Nominated for Oscar. Another 15 wins & 21 nominations. IMDB Rating 8.1/10

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