In 1970s Romania rebellious and erratic teenager Petre Pantea is struggling to win Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Squint Your Eyes AKA Zmruz oczy (2002) Andrzej Jakimowski, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Olga Prószynska, Rafal Guzniczak
The story of a spirited ten-year-old girl who has run away from her proudly affluent parents in town Read More »
The Year of the Discovery AKA El año del descubrimiento (2020) Luis López Carrasco
In 1992, when the Olympics and the Expo at last presented Spain as an emerging new democracy Read More »
My Little Business AKA Ma petite entreprise (1999) Pierre Jolivet, Vincent Lindon, François Berléand, Roschdy Zem
Ivan is the owner of a carpentry business which has been in his family for three generations. Read More »
Eat and Run (1987) Christopher Hart, Ron Silver, Sharon Sharth, Pat Ryan
A humanoid alien lands on earth, and soon discovers he likes to eat Italian. Italian people, that is. Read More »
Twice Round the Daffodils (1962) Gerald Thomas, Juliet Mills, Donald Sinden, Donald Houston
A group of male patients must remain in a tuberculosis sanatorium for a considerable time Read More »
Mother AKA 588 rue Paradis (1992) Henri Verneuil, Richard Berry, Omar Sharif, Nathalie Roussel
This film recounts Henri Verneuil’s relationship with his father who had brought Read More »
Twinky (1970) Richard Donner, Charles Bronson, Orson Bean, Honor Blackman
A middle-aged author of pornographic novels meets and falls in love with a sixteen-year-old schoolgirl. Read More »
The Lambeth Walk (1939) Albert de Courville, Lupino Lane, Sally Gray, Seymour Hicks
When Bill Snibson, a Lambeth cockney, discovers that he is a descendant Read More »
Gitta Discovers Her Heart AKA Gitta entdeckt ihr Herz (1932) Carl Froelich, Gitta Alpar, Gustav Fröhlich, Paul Kemp
Hungarian peasant Julika is discovered by an impresario in a hamlet Read More »
The Rachel Papers (1989) Damian Harris, Dexter Fletcher, Ione Skye, Jonathan Pryce
Charles Highway (Dexter Fletcher) is in control of his life; he is about to finish sixth Read More »
The Miracle of Father Malachia AKA Das Wunder des Malachias (1961) Bernhard Wicki, Horst Bollmann, Richard Münch, Christiane Nielsen
A monk is struggling with the consequences of a miracle that he prayed for. Read More »
Night Junkies (2007) Lawrence Pearce, Giles Alderson, Lucy Bowen, Beverley Eve
In London, Vincent Monroe is a young man addicted in blood that wanders Read More »
O.K. Nero AKA O.K. Nerone (1951) Mario Soldati, Carlo Campanini, Walter Chiari, Silvana Pampanini
Two American sailors, Fiorello and Jimmy are slugged while sight-seeing in Rome Read More »
White Madness AKA De witte waan (1984) Adriaan Ditvoorst, Thom Hoffman, Pim Lambeau, Louise Ruys
The psychological drama between a drug addict and his mother. Read More »