A new literature teacher, Ulises, comes to a small town near the sea and falls in love with a young woman, Martina.
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Author Archives: rarefilm
La tortue sur le dos / a Turtle on Its Back (1978) Luc Béraud, Jean-François Stévenin, Bernadette Lafont, Virginie Thévenet, Comedy, Drama
Unable to put a single word on paper, a youngish man with one novel to his credit finds that his life is crumbling to ruins around him because of his severe case of writer’s block.
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A Tempestade da Terra / Earth Storm (1998) Fernando D’Almeida e Silva, Maria de Medeiros, João Grosso, Ângelo Torres, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Lena disappears mysteriously during the winter of 1976. This is the last stop on a journey that begins in colonial Mozambique on new year’s eve at 1957 gives way to 1958.
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In Love and War (1958) Philip Dunne, Robert Wagner, Dana Wynter, Jeffrey Hunter, Drama, War
Three Marines take shore leave in San Francisco during World War II. Frankie O’Neill visits his lower-class dysfunctional family; Nico Kantaylis visits his pregnant fiancée; and the upper-class Alan Newcombe visits his high-living playgirl girlfriend.
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Cavite (2005) Neill Dela Llana, Ian Gamazon, Edwin Lagda, Edgar Tancangco, Thriller
Adam, a security guard, travels from California to the Philippines, his native land, for his father’s funeral.
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Souli (2004) Alexander Abela, Eduardo Noriega, Aurélien Recoing, Makena Diop, Drama
Carlos is a Spanish student who has come to Africa in search of the Thiossan tale, a legendary story long since considered lost.
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BBC Play of the Month: The Millionairess (1972) William Slater, Maggie Smith, Peter Barkworth, James Villiers, Drama
Epifania is the richest woman in England. She’s also strong-willed, highly intelligent, fiercely determined and an expert at Judo, which makes her hard to live with.
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Sex Is Crazy (1981) Jesus Franco, ina Romay, Lynn Endersson, Antonio Mayans, Comedy, Erotic
A group of actresses appear in an adult science fiction film but are later abducted by real aliens who whisk them away in a flying saucer and impregnate them!
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Das Lied der Matrosen / The Sailor’s Song (1958) Kurt Maetzig, Günter Reisch, Günther Simon, Raimund Schelcher, Ulrich Thein, War
The Russian Revolution is finally triumphant in the Fall of 1917. As soldiers, the engineer Henne Lobke and the stoker Jens Kasten show solidarity with the Russians, eventually disarming their officers to stop the sinking of a Russian cargo ship.
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Eldorado (2008) Bouli Lanners, Fabrice Adde, Philippe Nahon, Comedy, Drama
Yvan and Elie are two loners who wander aimlessly through their lives. Yvan is a quick-tempered 40-year-old vintage car dealer while Elie is a young burglar and ex-junkie.
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