Brash and opinionated retiree, Paulette (Bernadette Lafont) lives alone in a housing project on the outskirts of Paris. One evening, upon observing some mysterious dealings outside her building, Paulette discovers a surprising way to supplement her meager pension - an unlikely, but successful career selling cannabis.
Germany, 1957. Attorney General Fritz Bauer receives crucial evidence on the whereabouts of SS-Obersturmbannführer Adolf Eichmann. The lieutenant colonel, responsible for the mass deportation of the Jews, is allegedly hiding in Buenos Aires. Bauer, himself Jewish, has been trying to take crimes f...
"Utterly charming." - The New York Times
"A coming-of-age classic." - Los Angeles Times
In the vein of such classic coming of age films as Francois Truffaut’s THE 400 BLOWS, Diane Kurys’s PEPPERMINT SODA captures a particular moment in the tumultuous life and development of young people. Anne (...
"White-knuckled entertainment!" - The New York Times. "Relentless!" Los Angeles Times A convicted bank robber breaks out of prison to protect his family after confiding sensitive information to a fellow cell...
