Movies: Jean-Dominique de la Rochefoucauld

In this evocative, atmospheric biography, Roberto Rossellini brings to life philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal, who, amid religious persecution and ignorance, believed in a harmony between God and science....

Monique is dying of cancer, lying in bed in the apartment above the store her family owns. Her philandering husband carries on with life, her son remains aloof, and her daughter-in-law wonders if she is witnessing her own decline. They all struggle t...

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A young American writer visits a famous author in the English countryside, and notices antagonism between the author and his wife over the upbringing of their young son....

Dark schemes are being hatched at the court of Louis XIII. Queen Mother Marie de Medici is ready to do anything to get rid of the brilliant Cardinal de Richelieu, whose politics she does not approve of. As the king sinks into illness, a cruel dilemma...

Rosalie has had enough of "family life", in other words of Georges, her weak husband, and of her cantankerous mother-in-law. One day she decides to hit the road, not knowing where she is going. Joséphine is fed up with... being fed up with life. One ...