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Author Archives: rarefilm
Moonlight Masquerade (1942) John H. Auer, Dennis O’Keefe, Jane Frazee, Betty Kean

Business partners plan to gift a third of share to their children, if they marry Read More »
Fine, Totally Fine / Zenzen daijobu (2008) Yosuke Fujita, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Yoshino Kimura, Yoshinori Okada

Approaching thirty, three eccentric male friends try hard to realize their dreams Read More »
The Shine Of Day / Der Glanz des Tages (2012) Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel, Philipp Hochmair, Walter Saabel

Phillip Hochmair is a young, successful actor with engagements at big theatres in Vienna and Hamburg. Read More »
Black Narcissus (1947) Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, Deborah Kerr, David Farrar, Flora Robson

A group of nuns struggle to establish a convent in the Himalayas, while isolation Read More »
Drifting Clouds / Kauas pilvet karkaavat (1996) Aki Kaurismäki, Kati Outinen, Kari Väänänen, Elina Salo

Tram driver Lauri loses his job. Shortly later, the restaurant where his wife Read More »
Family Resemblances / Un Air de Famille (1996) Cédric Klapisch, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Catherine Frot

Whilst his brother Philippe is making a name for himself as a high-flying company executive Read More »
Ulysses / Ulisse (1954) Mario Camerini, Silvana Mangano, Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn

In the ancient Greek city of Ithaca, many impatiently await the return of their king Read More »
The Veiled Man / L’homme voilé (1987) Maroun Bagdadi, Bernard Giraudeau, Michel Piccoli, Laure Marsac

Pierre is a doctor. He has just returned from Beirut, his head still filled with the images Read More »
Chokher Bali (2003) Rituparno Ghosh, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Prasenjit Chatterjee, Raima Sen

The book, Binodini, is the story of a young woman, who is left to her own devices Read More »