As she prepares to execute another inmate, Bernadine must confront the psychological and emotional demons her job creates, ultimately connecting her to the man she is sanctioned to kill.
Aldis Hodge, star of Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner Clemency, breaks down his performance and tries to justify an inter-franchise mystery on his IMDb page.
After one of her fellow taxi dancers is murdered by an unknown man who she met through a personal column advert, Adrienne Charpentier is recruited by the police to answer a series of similar adverts to try to track down the killer.
Director:
Robert Siodmak
Stars:
Maurice Chevalier,
Pierre Renoir,
Marie Déa
Aged penniless actors are living in a old people's home. They always talk about their past glory or failures. One day Raphael Saint-Clair comes; he has been a famous actor and had a lot of ... See full summary »
Francois Donge, a wealthy manufacturer, is fighting death at hospital. He officially suffers from a food poisoning. But actually, his wife Bebe deliberately poisoned him. Flashback: ten ... See full summary »
Director:
Henri Decoin
Stars:
Danielle Darrieux,
Jean Gabin,
Jacques Castelot
Andre has died under mysterious circumstances leaving behind his wife and two daughters who must now learn to grow together or risk being swept apart forever.
André Chatelin is a restaurant owner in Les Halles in Paris. One morning, a girl named Catherine asks to see him. She happens to be the daughter of his estranged wife, Gabrielle, that André... See full summary »
Willing to prove his manhood to his handsome buddies, Marko tries to find a girl. In the encounter with a victim of a past sexual trauma he discovers an aggressive part of himself.
Director:
Dusan Zoric
Stars:
Marko Grabez,
Miodrag Dragicevic,
Mihajlo Jovanovic
Gabrielle is a young woman with Williams syndrome who has a contagious joie de vivre and an exceptional musical gift. Since she met her boyfriend Martin, at the recreation centre where they... See full summary »
Bertrand Tavernier's personal journey through French cinema, from films he enjoyed as a boy to his own early career, told through portraits of key creative figures.
Director:
Bertrand Tavernier
Stars:
Bertrand Tavernier,
François Truffaut,
Jean-Paul Gaultier
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Director:
Nicolas Bary
Stars:
Raphaël Personnaz,
Bérénice Bejo,
Guillaume de Tonquédec
Years of carrying out death row executions have taken a toll on prison warden Bernadine Williams. As she prepares to execute another inmate, Bernadine must confront the psychological and emotional demons her job creates, ultimately connecting her to the man she is sanctioned to kill.
"Clemency" is one roller coaster of a ride film that challenges your take and feelings on our current state of justice, that being the hot button topic of capital punishment. And this is a showcase showing how one prison warden named Bernadine Williams(in a strong turn from Alfre Woodard) deals with the emotional and mental toll that doing executions at her prison takes on her. Thru it all after each death of an inmate by lethal injection and with the media and society always on the watch Bernadine starts to experience emotional drama and even have self doubt as her job is really starting to affect her. As being strong and by the book is starting to give her self doubt and her mind takes on a guilt like complex. Overall okay film that give rise and awareness to a social justice issue as it shows it's impact and emotional toll on people and society.
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"Clemency" is one roller coaster of a ride film that challenges your take and feelings on our current state of justice, that being the hot button topic of capital punishment. And this is a showcase showing how one prison warden named Bernadine Williams(in a strong turn from Alfre Woodard) deals with the emotional and mental toll that doing executions at her prison takes on her. Thru it all after each death of an inmate by lethal injection and with the media and society always on the watch Bernadine starts to experience emotional drama and even have self doubt as her job is really starting to affect her. As being strong and by the book is starting to give her self doubt and her mind takes on a guilt like complex. Overall okay film that give rise and awareness to a social justice issue as it shows it's impact and emotional toll on people and society.