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Author Archives: rarefilm
The Peddler and the Lady / Campo de’ fiori (1943) Mario Bonnard, Caterina Boratto, Cristiano Cristiani, Peppino De Filippo

Peppino, a fishmonger on Campo de’ Fiori, a famous Roman marketplace, works alongside Elide Read More »
Blume in Love (1973) Paul Mazursky, George Segal, Susan Anspach, Kris Kristofferson

Lawyer Stephen Blume, specialized in divorces, lives a paradoxical situation when Read More »
The Last Butterfly / Poslední motýl (1991) Karel Kachyna, Tom Courtenay, Brigitte Fossey, Ingrid Held

Stage mime Antoine Moreau (Tom Courtenay) is compelled by the Gestapo to put on a performance Read More »
Royal Wedding (1951) Stanley Donen, Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford

Tom and Ellen Bowen are a brother and sister dance act whose show closes in New York. Read More »
The Lady and the Bandit (1951) Ralph Murphy, Louis Hayward, Patricia Medina, Suzanne Dalbert

While escaping from the police, English highwayman Dick Turpin meets Joyce Greene. Read More »
The Broad Way / Laveata tietä (1931) Valentin Vaala, Teuvo Tulio, Eeva Virtanen, Alli Riks

In this silent Finnish film by Valentin Vaala, master violist Antti Larto (Teuvo Tulio) Read More »
Hoodlum Soldier: Rebel in the Army / Shin heitai yakuza: Kasen (1972) Yasuzô Masumura, Shintarô Katsu, Takahiro Tamura, Michiyo Ohkusu

On the Chinese front, Kisaburo, a young soldier, falls in love with a Chinese spy. Read More »
Atomic Age / L’âge atomique (2012) Héléna Klotz, Eliott Paquet, Dominik Wojcik, Niels Schneider

Two teenagers spend together a night around the town. Read More »
Kings Rhapsody (1955) Herbert Wilcox, Anna Neagle, Errol Flynn, Patrice Wymore

Richard, son of the King of all Laurentia that has been residing in Monte Carlo with Martha Karrillos for many years Read More »