1889. German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche witnessed the whipping of a horse while traveling in Turin, Italy. Read More »
Tag Archives: Switzerland
Drift (2015) Karim Patwa, Scherwin Amini, Miro Caltagirone, Vanessa Comte
Robert (22), a former driver in illegal races, returns to his hometown after a long period of absence. Read More »
After Darkness (1985) Sergio Guerraz, Dominique Othenin-Girard, John Hurt, Julian Sands, Victoria Abril
To salve his guilty conscience, an elder brother removes his disturbed younger sibling from a mental institution after a suicide attempt Read More »
In the Mirror of Maya Deren (2001) Martina Kudlácek, Miriam Arsham, Stan Brakhage, Chao Li Chi, Documentary, Biography
Using footage from filmmaker Maya Deren’s avant-garde films of the 1940s Read More »
Not on the lips (2003) Alain Resnais, Sabine Azéma, Isabelle Nanty, Audrey Tautou, Comedy, Musical, Romance
A musical drawing room farce set in Paris in October, 1925. Gilberte, in middle-age, flirts with men but loves her husband Georges, wishing he were more demonstrative. Read More »
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo (1950) Robert J. Flaherty, Fredric March, Documentary
The life and works of this excellent artist Michelangelo Buonarroti are displayed against the historical backdrop of the time. Read More »
The Bus (1975) Tunç Okan, Tuncel Kurtiz, Björn Gedda, Comedy, Crime, Drama
A group of illegal immigrants are brought to Stockholm in a bus by a smuggler who takes all their money and passports, and then runs away. Read More »
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976) Alain Tanner, Myriam Boyer, Jean-Luc Bideau, Miou-Miou, Drama
The European equivalent of “The Return of the Secaucus 7,” this Swiss film looks at the lives of several men and women in their 30s as they confront the slim gains of the “revolutionary” sixties. Read More »
Open Season (1974) Peter Collinson, Peter Fonda, Cornelia Sharpe, John Phillip Law, Action, Drama, Thriller
Three Vietnam vets have become so conditioned to violence that they have developed psychotic tendencies. Read More »
Fire in Paradise / Flammen im Paradies (1997) Markus Imhoof, Élodie Bouchez, Heinz Bühlmann, Laurent Grévill, Drama
Swiss director Markus Imhoof made this Swiss-German-French drama in which a love story, elaborate period details of the year 1912, and an ocean liner all combine to bring Titanic to mind. Read More »