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Tag Archives: Lou Castel
The Nada Gang AKA Nada (1974) Claude Chabrol, Fabio Testi, Maurice Garrel, Lou Castel
A group of anarchist leftist called “Nada” and led by the terrorist Buenaventura Diaz Read More »
El cantor (2005) Joseph Morder, Lou Castel, Luis Rego, Françoise Michaud
William’s great surprise, his cousin Clovis, whom he did not see again since around thirty years, arrives from New York to visit him. Read More »
Obscene Desire AKA L’osceno desiderio (1978) Giulio Petroni, Marisa Mell, Chris Avram, Lou Castel
Amanda, a beautiful American girl is soon to be married to Andrea Orsomandi, a wealthy nobleman who lives in an extravagant Gothic mansion. Read More »
Beware of a Holy Whore AKA Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte (1971) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Lou Castel, Eddie Constantine, Marquard Bohm
On a film set there are two things missing, the film material and the director. Read More »
Terrorism: It Could Happen Here (1977) Massimo Pirri, Luc Merenda, Lou Castel, Andrea Franchetti
About a group of terrorists trying to execute their mission. Read More »
Violanta (1977) Daniel Schmid, Lucia Bosé, Maria Schneider, Lou Castel
A young man raises the dead in a high valley where the power is held by Violanta. Read More »
Grazie zia (1968) Salvatore Samperi, Lisa Gastoni, Lou Castel, Gabriele Ferzetti
Young Alvise’s body is paralyzed, or at least he thinks so. Read More »
The Scarlet Letter (1973) Wim Wenders, Senta Berger, Lou Castel, Yelena Samarina, Drama, History
In 17th-century Salem, Hester Prynne must wear a scarlet A because she is an adulteress, with a child out of wedlock. Read More »
La Naissance de l’amour / The Birth of Love (1993) Philippe Garrel, Lou Castel, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Johanna ter Steege, Drama
Middle-aged artistes provide the focus of this drama filmed in black and white. The story is set in Paris around the time of the Gulf War. Read More »
Sinon, oui (1997) Claire Simon, Catherine Mendez, Emmanuel Clarke, Lou Castel, Drama
The predicament of a woman who claims she is pregnant when she isn’t. What started out as a mistake becomes a pretence that has to be carried through Read More »
Requiescant (1967) Carlo Lizzani, Lou Castel, Mark Damon, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Western
In the post-Civil War West, a young boy is rescued from a massacre by Protestants who instill the value of pacifism in the young boy. But it’s only when he chases after his missing step-sister that he discovers a skill for gunslinging, takes on the name Requiscant, and re-enters the world of violence denied to him as a child. This spaghetti Western also includes a cameo from director Pier Paolo Pasolini as a renegade priest.
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Gli occhi, la bocca / The Eyes, the Mouth (1982) Marco Bellocchio, Lou Castel, Ángela Molina, Emmanuelle Riva, Drama
Burned-out, over-the-hill actor Giovanni returns to Bologna for the funeral of his twin, Pippo, a wealthy suicide unlucky in love. The family tells Pippo’s mother it was an accident, but there’s a problem: Vanda, Pippo’s one-time fiancée, won’t grieve and refuses to come to the funeral. At a family dinner, Vanda talks about the note Peppo left. Again the family tries to keep mom in the dark. They assign Giovanni to persuade Vanda to keep up appearances. He sees her unhappy relationship with her father, who suspects her of sleeping with a doctor. Why she sees the doctor, how Giovanni and she deal with their mutual attraction, and his rebirth become the film’s focus.
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