A wealthy aristocrat disguises himself as a poor, deformed hunchback in order to avenge a murder. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Beatriz: Between Pain and Nothingness / Beatriz: Entre a Dor e o Nada (2015) Alberto Graça, Marjorie Estiano, Sergio Guizé, Beatriz Batarda
In Lisbon, Marcelo writes a novel, using the life of his own wife, Beatriz Read More »
Prom / Le bal (1931) Wilhelm Thiele, Germaine Dermoz, Danielle Darrieux, André Lefaur
Two middle-class notions dealers live happily with their girl. Read More »
A Very Peculiar Practice [Season 2] (1988) David Tucker, Peter Davison, Graham Crowden, Barbara Flynn
The various misadventures of Stephen Daker, a young doctor who works for the health centre of a modern British university. Read More »
Blindfolded Eyes / Los Ojos Vendados (1978) Carlos Saura, Geraldine Chaplin, José Luis Gómez, Xabier Elorriaga
While attending an international conference which seeks to reduce the incidence Read More »
A Simple Story / Une histoire simple (1978) Claude Sautet, Romy Schneider, Bruno Cremer, Claude Brasseur
A simple story about simple people. A 38 old divorced woman (Marie), who now has a lover (Serge) but decides to leave him Read More »
Payment Deferred (1932) Lothar Mendes, Charles Laughton, Maureen O’Sullivan, Ray Milland
Bank clerk William Marble is desperate for money to pay his family’s bills. Read More »
L’impiegato (1960) Gianni Puccini, Nino Manfredi, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Anna Maria Ferrero
Nando is employed by a large company. Life takes place in the home Read More »
The Suicide Club (1988) James Bruce, Mariel Hemingway, Robert Joy, Lenny Henry
A woman traumatized by her brother’s suicide is inducted into a world of games involving murder. Read More »
Midshipman Jack (1933) Christy Cabanne, Bruce Cabot, Betty Furness, Frank Albertson
Given a last chance, after failing to graduate with his class at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis Read More »