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Tag Archives: France
The Day of the Owl AKA Il giorno della civetta (1968) Damiano Damiani, Claudia Cardinale, Franco Nero, Lee J. Cobb
Rosa Nicolosi is not the widow of Salvatore Colasberna, the man murdered in the beginning of the movie Read More »
The Finger Man AKA Le doulos (1962) Jean-Pierre Melville, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Serge Reggiani, Jean Desailly
Fresh out of prison and hell-bent on revenge, the recently paroled burglar, Maurice Faugel Read More »
The Aquarium AKA Genainat el-Asmak (2008) Yusri Nasrullah, Hind Sabri, Amr Waked, Gamil Ratib
A 48-hour journey into Modern Cairo following the parallel lives of Youssef and Leila. Read More »
Corsage (2022) Marie Kreutzer, Vicky Krieps, Colin Morgan, Tamás Lengyel
A fictional account of one year in the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria. Read More »
The Big Night AKA La notte brava (1959) Mauro Bolognini, Rosanna Schiaffino, Elsa Martinelli, Laurent Terzieff
In Rome, small-time thieves Scinttilone and Ruggeretto steal four rifles Read More »
Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle AKA Onoda, 10 000 nuits dans la jungle (2021) Arthur Harari, Yûya Endô, Kanji Tsuda, Yûya Matsuura
When Japan surrenders at the end of World War II, soldier Hiroo Onoda Read More »
Between Love and Duty AKA Le bois des amants (1960) Claude Autant-Lara, Laurent Terzieff, Erika Remberg, Horst Frank
WW2, in occupied Brittany:a military German woman comes to visit her husband, a Kommandatur officer. Read More »
Courier of Lyons AKA L’affaire du courrier de Lyon (1937) Claude Autant-Lara, Maurice Lehmann, Pierre Blanchar, Dita Parlo, Jacques Copeau
Historical drama based on a true case of miscarriage of justice, the “Joseph Lesurques case” of 1796. Read More »
The Heart’s Cry AKA Le cri du coeur (1994) Idrissa Ouedraogo, Richard Bohringer, Saïd Diarra, Félicité Wouassi
Moctar lives in Mali with his mother Saffi and his ailing grandfather. Read More »
Killing Mad Dogs AKA Sagkoshi (2001) Bahram Beizai, Mozhdeh Shamsai, Majid Mozaffari, Reza Kianian
Golrokh an Iranian lady who is a talented author struggles to settle her presumably disloyal Read More »
Today AKA Aujourd’hui (2012) Alain Gomis, Saul Williams, Djolof Mbengue, Anisia Uzeyman
Satché is about to die. He decides to make his last day on this world the day of his life. Read More »
The Family Friend AKA L’amico di famiglia (2006) Paolo Sorrentino, Giacomo Rizzo, Laura Chiatti, Gigi Angelillo
Geremia, an aging tailor/money lender, is a repulsive, mean, stingy man who lives alone Read More »
Una prostituta al servizio del pubblico ed in regola con le leggi dello Stato (1971) Italo Zingarelli, Giovanna Ralli, Giancarlo Giannini, Denise Bataille
A prostitute and mother of two leaves her abusive husband for a young boxer Read More »
Sweet Dreams AKA Skagerrak (2003) Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, Iben Hjejle, Bronagh Gallagher, Martin Henderson
Skagerrak is the story of being hit by happiness when you least expect it. Read More »