In 1856, fresh from life with nuns in an orphanage school, Alexina Barbin comes to a coastal village in La Rochelle to teach the village girls. She is deeply religious. She shares the classroom and a bedroom with the young and vivacious Sara, with whom she falls in ... (more)
In 1856, fresh from life with nuns in an orphanage school, Alexina Barbin comes to a coastal village in La Rochelle to teach the village girls. She is deeply religious. She shares the classroom and a bedroom with the young and vivacious Sara, with whom she falls in ... (more)
In this complex chronicle of the evolution of a provincial family's life, the story follows three generations of at least two neighboring families from the 1890s to the 1970s. In one of many related tales, a man who was engaged to the older daughter of a farmer ... (more)
In this complex chronicle of the evolution of a provincial family's life, the story follows three generations of at least two neighboring families from the 1890s to the 1970s. In one of many related tales, a man who was engaged to the older daughter of a farmer ... (more)
Max, who dreams of adventures, abandons his studies at 18 to become involved in the navy. He becomes the sailor 512. (more)
Max, who dreams of adventures, abandons his studies at 18 to become involved in the navy. He becomes the sailor 512. (more)
A young man is checked into a mental hospital for unexplained reasons. (more)
A young man is checked into a mental hospital for unexplained reasons. (more)