Charlie, a young aristocrat in turn of the century England, meets a boy named Frank on the road to Portsmouth. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
El Akhar / The Other (1999) Youssef Chahine, Hanan Turk, Hani Salama, Nabila Ebeid, Drama, Romance
Egyptian director Youssef Chahine exposes the links between power and fanaticism and denounces intolerance in this bitter portrait of the Egyptian business world Read More »
Cristo si è fermato a Eboli / Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979) Francesco Rosi, Gian Maria Volontè, Paolo Bonacelli, Alain Cuny, Drama
In the fascist Italy of 1935, a painter trained as a doctor is exiled to a remote region near Eboli. Read More »
Un homme de trop / Shock Troops (1967) Costa-Gavras, Charles Vanel, Bruno Cremer, Jean-Claude Brialy, Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Set in central France, the film follows French resistance fighters who press the battle on the Germans. Read More »
Tutti a casa / Everybody Go Home! (1960) Luigi Comencini, Alberto Sordi, Serge Reggiani, Carla Gravina, Comedy, Drama, War
In this war drama, a band of Italian soldiers, elated to hear that the war is finally over, promptly desert and head for home. Read More »
Un peu de soleil dans l’eau froide / A Little Sun in Cold Water (1971) Jacques Deray, Claudine Auger, Marc Porel, Judith Magre, Drama, Romance, Erotic
Gilles Lantier, a young reporter on the AFP newspaper, is suffering from a nervous breakdown. Read More »
Tre fratelli / Three Brothers (1981) Francesco Rosi, Philippe Noiret, Michele Placido, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Drama
In a farmhouse in southern Italy, an old woman dies. Her husband summons their sons: from Rome, Raffaele, a judge facing a political case for which he risks assassination Read More »
Les plus belles escroqueries du monde / The World’s Most Beautiful Swindlers (1964) Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Godard, Mie Hama, Ken Mitsuda, Nicole Karen, Comedy, Crime
Four swindle stories, taking place successively in Tokyo – Japan (Les cinq bienfaiteurs de Fumiko), Amsterdam – The Netherlands (La riviere de diamants), Italie (La feuille de route), and Paris – France (L’homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel). Read More »
Persécution (2009) Patrice Chéreau, Romain Duris, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Drama
The solitary Daniel and Sonia share an uneasy love/hate relationship. Daniel’s life is disrupted by the appearance of a stranger that proceeds to insinuate himself in his life. Read More »
Le Tatoué / The Tattooed One (1968) Denys de La Patellière, Jean Gabin, Louis de Funès, Paul Mercey, Comedy
This engaging comedy concerns the tattoo on the back of a military nobleman and the wily art dealer who covets the work of art. Read More »
Il ladrone / The Good Thief (1980) Pasquale Festa Campanile, Enrico Montesano, Edwige Fenech, Bernadette Lafont, Comedy, Erotic
Caleb, “son of nobody” (Enrico Montesano) lives in Galilee in Jesus’ day and struggles as a thief and con-man, pretending to be a magician. Read More »
Il Colosso di Rodi / The Colossus of Rhodes (1961) Sergio Leone, Rory Calhoun, Lea Massari, Georges Marchal, Adventure, Drama, History
A Greek military hero named Darios visits his uncle in Rhodes in the year 280 BC. Rhodes has just finished constructing an enormous colossus of Apollo to guard its harbor Read More »
Une si jolie petite plage / Such a Pretty Little Beach (1949) Yves Allégret, Madeleine Robinson, Gérard Philipe, Jean Servais, Drama
During the cold and rainy off-season a man arrives in a seaside town and, giving his name only as Pierre, checks into the only hotel which remains open. Read More »
La Course du lièvre à travers les champs / And Hope to Die (1972) René Clément, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Robert Ryan, Lea Massari, Crime, Drama
The one that runs like the hare of French title is a Tony Cardot, young French pilot, who very unfortunately crashed his plane into a group of Gypsy children not far away from Montreal. Read More »
Iskanderija, kaman oue kaman / Alexandria Again and Forever (1989) Youssra, Youssef Chahine, Hussein Fahmy, Drama
The film’s remarkable range of tone and style gives us evidence of an artist in full command of his craft. Read More »