The King Is Alive (2000) Directed by Kristian Levring
Drama
aka: Dogme 4
Film Synopsis
A group of eleven tourists find themselves stranded in an abandoned
town in the middle of an African desert. As they wait to be
rescued, they decide to put on a performance of Shakespeare's King
Lear. The desolate setting soon begins to take its toll and the
group gradually give way to their ugliest passions...
Cast: Miles Anderson (Jack),
Romane Bohringer (Catherine),
David Bradley (Henry),
David Calder (Charles),
Bruce Davison (Ray),
Brion James (Ashley),
Peter Khubeke (Kanana),
Vusi Kunene (Moses),
Jennifer Jason Leigh (Gina),
Janet McTeer (Liz),
Chris Walker (Paul),
Lia Williams (Amanda)
Country: Sweden / Denmark / USA
Language: English / French
Support: Color
Runtime: 105 min
Aka:Dogme 4
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.
From its birth in 1895, cinema has been an essential part of French culture. Now it is one of the most dynamic, versatile and important of the arts in France.
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.
In the 1920s French cinema was at its most varied and stylish - witness the achievements of Abel Gance, Marcel L'Herbier, Jean Epstein and Jacques Feyder.
With so many great films to choose from, it's nigh on impossible to compile a short-list of the best 15 French films of all time - but here's our feeble attempt to do just that.