The life story of the titular Beaumarchais (Fabrice Luchini), playwright and adventurer Read More »
Comedy
The Executioner AKA El verdugo (1963) Luis García Berlanga, Nino Manfredi, Emma Penella, José Isbert
The history starts with the main character (an old executioner in the Spain of early 60’s) approaching retirement age. Read More »
Ma and Pa Kettle (1949) Charles Lamont, Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Richard Long
The Kettles and their fifteen children are about to be evicted from their rundown rustic home when Pa wins Read More »
The Blonde from Peking AKA La blonde de Pékin (1967) Nicolas Gessner, Claudio Brook, Mireille Darc, Françoise Brion
An amnesic young woman is found fainting on a bench. Read More »
Ladies’ Doctor AKA Il ginecologo della mutua (1977) Joe D’Amato, Renzo Montagnani, Paola Senatore, Massimo Serato
Dr. The White is a famous gynecologist who, for some bad speculations Read More »
The Kid from Spain (1932) Leo McCarey, Eddie Cantor, Lyda Roberti, Robert Young
Eddie and his Mexican friend Ricardo are expelled from college after Ricardo put Eddie in the girl’s dormitory when he was drunk. Read More »
3 Nuts in Search of a Bolt (1964) Tommy Noonan, Mamie Van Doren, Ziva Rodann
An out of work Method actor is hired by a male model, an ecdysiast, and a car salesman who live together to save money. Read More »
Spite Marriage (1929) Edward Sedgwick, Buster Keaton, Dorothy Sebastian, Edward Earle
Elmer is a dry cleaner. He is madly in love with stage star Trilby Drew; for each of her 35 performances Read More »
Neptune’s Daughter (1949) Edward Buzzell, Esther Williams, Red Skelton, Ricardo Montalban
Scatterbrained Betty Barrett mistakes masseur Jack Spratt for Jose O’Rourke, the captain of the South American polo team. Read More »
Simon and Laura (1955) Muriel Box, Peter Finch, Kay Kendall, Muriel Pavlow
In the 1950’s days of only BBC television, a wet-behind-the-ears producer has the idea Read More »
Masquerade in Vienna (1934) Willi Forst, Paula Wessely, Anton Walbrook, Peter Petersen
Vienna 1905: After a carnival party the famous painter Heidenick draws his otherwise engaged girlfriend Anita Helfer with very few clothes on, only blurs her face. Read More »
Zombie and the Ghost Train AKA Zombie ja Kummitusjuna (1991) Mika Kaurismäki, Silu Seppälä, Marjo Leinonen, Matti Pellonpää
Antti “Zombie” Autiomaa does two things well: play the bass guitar and drink. Read More »
Charlotte for Ever (1986) Serge Gainsbourg, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Roland Bertin
Once a successful Hollywood screenwriter, Stan is now a depressive alcoholic who spends Read More »
The Animal Kingdom (1932) Edward H. Griffith, George Cukor, Ann Harding, Leslie Howard, Myrna Loy
Tom Collier has had a great relationship with Daisy, but when he decides to marry, it is not Daisy whom he asks, it is Cecelia. Read More »
I Hate Mondays AKA Nie lubie poniedzialku (1971) Tadeusz Chmielewski, Kazimierz Witkiewicz, Zygmunt Apostol, Bogusz Bilewski
An acute case of Mondayitis in Warsaw. Interwoven stories of a few inhabitants of Warsaw Read More »