Chile, second half of the 20th century. The poor Esteban marries Clara and they get a daughter, Blanca. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
The Puritan AKA Le puritain (1938) Jeff Musso, Pierre Fresnay, Jean-Louis Barrault, Viviane Romance
A religious fanatic finds his entire life and philosophy turned upside-down as he falls in love with a girl Read More »
Between Two Worlds AKA Ahasin Wetei (2009) Vimukthi Jayasundara, Thusitha Laknath, Kaushalaya Fernando, Lu Huang
The young man fell from the sky. Communication relay burns. Read More »
The Well-Digger’s Daughter AKA La fille du puisatier (2011) Daniel Auteuil, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Nicolas Duvauchelle
Provence, the days before World War I. Rustic digger Pascal Amoretti, a widower Read More »
The Tango Lesson (1997) Sally Potter, Pablo Verón, Morgane Maugran
On a trip to Paris Sally meets Pablo, a tango dancer. Read More »
Journey to the Shore AKA Kishibe no tabi (2015) Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Eri Fukatsu, Tadanobu Asano, Masao Komatsu
Mizuki’s husband Yusuke drowned at sea three years ago. When he suddenly comes back home Read More »
Seven Golden Men AKA 7 uomini d’oro (1965) Marco Vicario, Rossana Podestà, Philippe Leroy, Gastone Moschin
They Walk, They Talk, They Crawl on Their Bellies Into Bank Vaults. Read More »
40 Days of Silence AKA Chilla (2014) Saodat Ismailova, Barohad Shukurova, Saodat Rahminova, Farida Olimova
40 Days of Silence is the story of four women in Central Asia in key moments of their lives Read More »
Bleu (1994) Marc Hurtado, Éric Hurtado
To describe the events spreading out in Aurore, in Royaume and in Bleu Read More »
Rice People AKA Neak sre (1994) Rithy Panh, Peng Phan, Mom Soth, Chhim Naline
In Cambodian refugee camps, when children are asked where rice comes from, they answer, “from UN lorries”. Read More »
Augustin (1995) Anne Fontaine, Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc, Stéphanie Zhang, Guy Casabonne
Augustin Dos Santos is a benign simpleton with a slight stammer. Read More »
The Gendarme gets married AKA Le gendarme se marie (1968) Jean Girault, Louis de Funès, Jean Lefebvre, Geneviève Grad
The gendarme Cruchot meets the widow Josepha. They quickly fall in love but Cruchot’s daughter Read More »
Libera me (1993) Alain Cavalier, Ange Andréani, Alexandra Arnould, Claude-Maurice Baille
Exploring a dystopian future which has parallels to those found in Brazil Read More »
Daggers Drawn AKA À couteaux tirés (1964) Charles Gérard, Françoise Arnoul, Petula Clark, Marcel Dalio
Off the coast of Monaco a Nazi treasure was sunk during WW2: 200 diamonds Read More »
The Second Time AKA La seconda volta (1995) Mimmo Calopresti, Nanni Moretti, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Valeria Milillo
Professor Alberto Sajevo sees a woman walking in downtown Turin and starts following her for days Read More »