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Author Archives: rarefilm
The Red Shoes (1948) Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Moira Shearer

Under the authoritarian rule of charismatic ballet impressario Boris Lermontov Read More »
Lady Paname (1950) Henri Jeanson, Louis Jouvet, Suzy Delair, Henri Guisol

Paris, 1925. A young woman, Caprice, has great ambitions of becoming a famous music hall singer Read More »
Happy Ever After (1954) Mario Zampi, David Niven, Yvonne De Carlo, Barry Fitzgerald

The whole village mourns when General O’Leary, owner of a hunting estate in South Ireland, is killed in an accident. Read More »
Rock the Casbah (2012) Yariv Horowitz, Yon Tumarkin, Roy Nik, Henry David

The year is 1989. In an era of Palestinian demands for independence, the State of Israel sends young soldiers Read More »
The Horse Thief (1986) Zhuangzhuang Tian, Peicheng Pan, Daiba, Jiji Dan, Drashi

The story of Norbu, a horse thief, who is thrown out of his tribe in an effort to purge it of evil. Read More »
Operation Dames (1959) Louis Clyde Stoumen, Eve Meyer, Chuck Henderson, Don Devlin

During the Korean War, a troupe of traveling USO entertainers find themselves behind enemy lines with a squad of American soldiers. Read More »
The Survivors of the Bounty (1974) Ugo Liberatore, Mariana Camara, Diogenes Castillo, Gianfranco De Grassi

NOA NOA – Survivors of the Bounty is the very unofficial sequel to MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY depicting the events that occur afterwards. Read More »
Kotch (1971) Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Deborah Winters, Felicia Farr

Wanting to avoid settling in a nursing home, Joseph Kotcher, a retired salesman, is obliged to leave his son’s family. Read More »
Born Winner (1976) Aldo Lado, Joe Dallesandro, Eleonora Giorgi, Massimo Ranieri

A young man whose passions are money, beautiful women Read More »