La Dernière leçon (2015) Directed by Pascale Pouzadoux
Drama
aka: The Final Lesson
Film Synopsis
At the age of 92, Madeleine has decided upon the date and manner of her death.
She tries to break the news as gently as she can to her children and grandchildren,
but they are shocked and the family is soon riven by conflict. Dianne
respects her mother's choice and is ready to help her carry out her wishes.
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It was American film noir and pulp fiction that kick-started the craze for thrillers in 1950s France and made it one of the most popular and enduring genres.
Continental Films, quality cinema under the Nazi Occupation
At the time of the Nazi Occupation of France during WWII, the German-run company Continental produced some of the finest films made in France in the 1940s.
Science-fiction came into its own in B-movies of the 1950s, but it remains a respected and popular genre, bursting into the mainstream in the late 1970s.