Etzel, the son of prosecutor Wolf Andergast, finds that eight years ago his dad condemned Léonard Maurizius into a lifetime sentence for the murder of his wife Elisabeth. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
The Phantom of Liberty (1974) Luis Buñuel, Jean-Claude Brialy, Adolfo Celi, Michel Piccoli, Comedy
This surrealist film is made up of series of only vaguely connected episodes, most beautifully the dinner party scene where individuals sit lavatories around a dinner table Read More »
In the Shadow of the Blue Rascal (1986) Pierre Clémenti, Achmi Gachem, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Drama, Thriller
Necrocity, a town of every terrors and also a place where even the government appear to fortify this particular state of mayhem Read More »
Gregoire Moulin vs. Humanity (2001) Artus de Penguern, Pascale Arbillot, Élisabeth Vitali, Comedy, Romance
Grégoire Moulin, a timid accountant, puts up a blind date with a dance instructor in a pub. Read More »
The Proud Ones (1953) Yves Allégret, Rafael E. Portas, Michèle Morgan, Gérard Philipe, Víctor Manuel Mendoza, Drama, Romance
The first to die in an outbreak of meningitis in Vera Cruz is a French tourist. Read More »
My Favorite Season (1993) André Téchiné, Catherine Deneuve, Daniel Auteuil, Marthe Villalonga, Drama, Romance
Too old to reside, Berthe goes with her daughter, Emile, who’s married with grown-up kids of her own. Read More »
Belle toujours (2006) Manoel de Oliveira, Michel Piccoli, Bulle Ogier, Ricardo Trêpa, Drama, Music
Belle toujours happened to me suddenly and, as I had the will to pay my tribute to Luis Buñuel and Jean-Claude Carrière, I had been happy to have discovered a means to accomplish this, Read More »
A Talking Picture (2003) Manoel de Oliveira, Leonor Silveira, Filipa de Almeida, John Malkovich, Comedy, Drama, History, War
A meditation on culture. July, 2001: buddies tide as a cruise boat departs Lisbon for Mediterranean ports and also the Indian Ocean. Read More »
Reisende auf einem Bein (Voyager sur une jambe) (2016) Alexandru Petru Badelita, Sonia Casandra Andreica, Jérémie Veyres, Judith Mauthe, Drama
Back in 1985, in Communist Romania, the twelve year old Irene falls deeply in love with a German, Franz. Read More »
Hidden Assassin (1995) Ted Kotcheff, Dolph Lundgren, Maruschka Detmers, Assumpta Serna, Action, Drama, Crime
The Ambassador of Cuba was Murdered in New Yorkin June. To protect against another attack of the terrorists in the US-Cuba-summit at Prague that the CIA sends one of their greatest national brokers, Michael Dane (Dolph Lundgren). Read More »
The Cry of the Owl (1987) Claude Chabrol, Christophe Malavoy, Mathilda May, Jacques Penot, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Robert is a professional and artist, in Vichy after breaking up from his wife, Véronique, herself recently engaged. Read More »
Violette (1978) Claude Chabrol, Isabelle Huppert, Stéphane Audran, Jean Carmet, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Within a interwar France struggling with deep political and social change, 18-year-old Violette Noziere rebels against the limits of her working-class (and potentially incestuous) household, with troubling consequences. Read More »
Eclipse (1962) Michelangelo Antonioni, Monica Vitti, Alain Delon, Francisco Rabal, Drama, Romance
At the suburbs of Rome, the translator Vittoria breaks her involvement with her boyfriend, the author Ricardo, after a troubled night. Read More »
Lucrezia Borgia (1935) Abel Gance, Edwige Feuillère, Gabriel Gabrio, Maurice Escande, Drama, History, Romance
After the advice of his main adviser Niccolo Macchiavelli, Cesare Borgia decides to try to unify the nation so as to become even stronger. Read More »
That Most Important Thing: Love (1975) Andrzej Zulawski, Romy Schneider, Fabio Testi, Jacques Dutronc, Drama, Romance
Servais Mont, a photographer, matches Nadine Chevalier who makes her cash starring in economical soft-core films. Read More »