
In postwar Japan a young woman is unable to marry her sweetheart because her family’s in difficult circumstances and needs her income to keep afloat. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
The Firemen of Viggiu (1949) Mario Mattoli, Nino Taranto, Totò, Vanda Osiris

Viggiù is a happy and peaceful town. Firefighters have just work. Read More »
What to Do in Case of Fire (2001) Gregor Schnitzler

What To Do In Case of Fire? tells the humorous and touching story of six former creative anarchists Read More »
Montana Belle (1952) Allan Dwan, Jane Russell, George Brent

In a fictionalized biography, Oklahoma outlaw Belle Starr meets the Dalton gang when rescued from lynching Read More »
Hot Car Girl (1958) Bernard L. Kowalski, Richard Bakalyan

Instead of working for a living, Duke and Freddie steal auto accessories and sell to a fence. Read More »
Lilika (1970) Branko Plesa, Dragana Kalaba, Branko Plesa

A story about young orphan girl who was rejected by her mother. Read More »
Lyana (1955) Boris Barnet, Kyunna Ignatova

Young musicians live and perform in a Moldovan collective. The state awards to 3 boys are secretly Read More »
Only the Lonely (1991) Chris Columbus, John Candy

Danny, a cop, meets and falls in love with Theresa. They get engaged, despite sneaking around behind his mother’s back Read More »
M (2007) Myung-se Lee, Dong-won Gang, Yeon-hee Lee

A young writer can’t write a word for his next novel, he also doesn’t feel right with his fiancée Read More »
Carmen Comes Home (1951) Keisuke Kinoshita, Hideko Takamine

With no practical skills and being slightly scatterbrained, Kin Aoyama ran away Read More »