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La mort d'un bûcheron [The Death of a Lumberjack] (Gilles Carle, 1973)
Jul
12
1920
Blanche Bellefeuille (Denise Filiatrault) in front of a wall covered in catholic knickknacks. Through a door, nightclub entrepreneur Armand St. Amour (Willie Lamothe) can be seen asleep, his beloved cowboy boots carefully placed next to his improvised bed. DP: René Verzier.
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La dame dans l'auto avec des lunettes et un fusil [The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun] (Anatole Litvak, 1970)
Jul
10
Vendredi
A man with a lot of swagger and rolled up blueprints is about to enter a room with a prominent Coca-Cola machine and a jazzy leather swivel chair on display. An electronic flip clock tells the time and date. It's 17:52. DP: Claude Renoir.
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Le combat dans l'île (Alain Cavalier, 1962)
Jul
8
lait
Clément (Jean-Louis Trintignant) – well-suited in a wood-panelled elevator – opening a milk bottle. DP: Pierre Lhomme.
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Un posto ideale per uccidere [An Ideal Place to Kill / Oasis of Fear] (Umberto Lenzi, 1971)
Jun
19
champagne
A white hand places a champagne filled coupe on a tiled floor, right in front of a tabby cat. Said Highness is also enjoying a full plate of carefully prepared seafood. DP: Alfio Contini.
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La maudite galette [Dirty Money] (Denys Arcand, 1972)
Jun
16
Berthe (Luce Guilbeault) points a rifle offscreen. Next to her a perpetual wall calendar from Desjardins with the date. It's June 16. DP: Alain Dostie.
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Picture Snatcher (Lloyd Bacon, 1933)
Jun
16
Patricia Nolan (Patricia Ellis) and Danny Kean (James Cagney). DP: Sol Polito.
“That gets it. That little touch of lavender. Am I gonna stink pretty.”
– Danny Kean
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La diosa arrodillada [The Kneeling Goddess] (Roberto Gavaldón, 1947)
Jun
13
cake
A woman's manicured hand holds up a glass of champagne next to what appears to be an opulent wedding cake. DP: Alex Phillips.
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Jun
12
Belmondo and a white woman in a Cheongsam – both looking straight at us – awkwardly sit at a small round table in some sort of nightclub-ish establishment. There are cigarettes, an empty glass, and an ice bucket in front of her. DP: Nicolas Hayer.
“I don't give a damn. But I have the jewels and I need the money.”
– Silien
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Le temps des loups [The Heist] (Sergio Gobbi, 1970)
Jun
12
1938
Dillinger (Robert Hossein) followed by Stella (Virna Lisi). DP: Daniel Diot.
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The Thomas Crown Affair (Norman Jewison, 1968)
Jun
9
A newspaper covered in food scraps. Barely legible a large ad: BE A FINK FOR $25,000! WAS HE IN BOSTON ON JUNE 9TH? DP: Haskell Wexler.
“Left early. Please come with the money… or, you keep the Rolls. All my love,
Tommy”
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