When Japan surrenders at the end of World War II, soldier Hiroo Onoda Read More »
Tag Archives: France
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 »
The Curse of Marialva AKA “Sabbath” La maldición de María Alva (1989) António de Macedo, Lídia Franco, Carlos Daniel, Carlos Santos
A Visigoth count conquers a small village town from the Moors Read More »