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Author Archives: rarefilm
The Life of Emile Zola (1937) William Dieterle, Paul Muni, Gale Sondergaard, Joseph Schildkraut

The biopic of the famous French muckraking writer and his involvement in fighting the injustice of the Dreyfus Affair. Read More »
Set! (2021) Scott Gawlik

Often referred to as “The Olympics of Table Setting,” eccentric personalities and old rivalries Read More »
The Repentant / La repentie (2002) Laetitia Masson, Isabelle Adjani, Sami Frey, Samy Naceri

When an indistinct woman named Charlotte leaves a train station in hopes Read More »
Marika / Kind der Donau (1950) Georg Jacoby, Marika Rökk, Fred Liewehr, Harry Fuß

Three itinerant writers stage an open-air theatre production with Marika (Marika Rokk) as the star. Read More »
Casablanca (1942) Michael Curtiz, Humphrey Bogart

The story of Rick Blaine, a cynical world-weary ex-patriate who runs a nightclub in Casablanca Read More »
Adolphe (2002) Benoît Jacquot, Isabelle Adjani, Stanislas Merhar, Jean Yanne

The action takes place at the turn of the 19th Century. Adolphe (Stanislas Merhar) is a carefree Read More »
Standing Room Only (1944) Sidney Lanfield

During World War II, Lee Stevens travels to Washington D.C. with his secretary Read More »
Cocktail Molotov (1980) Diane Kurys, Elise Caron, François Cluzet, Philippe Lebas

Seventeen-year-old middle-class Anne (Elise Caron), runs away with her working-class boyfriend Frederic (Philippe Lebas) Read More »
Paris Pick-Up / Le monte-charge (1962) Marcel Bluwal, Robert Hossein, Lea Massari, Robert Dalban

The action takes place in an old house ,the first floor of which is a big workshop. Read More »