Thrown out of her home after her husband discovers her infidelity, a woman sinks into degradation. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Resurrection of the Little Match Girl / Sungnyangpali sonyeoui jaerim (2002) Sun-Woo Jang, Eun-kyeong Lim, Hyun-sung Kim, Jin-pyo Kim
To Chinese restaurant delivery boy ‘Ju’, the only joy in life is spending Read More »
Moonrunners (1975) Gy Waldron, James Mitchum, Kiel Martin, Arthur Hunnicutt
Grady and Bobby Lee run moonshine for Uncle Jesse, who prides himself on his old-school moonshining methods Read More »
Wheels / Tockovi (1998) Djordje Milosavljevic, Dragan Micanovic, Anica Dobra, Ljubisa Samardzic
On his way to visit his father, a young Nemanja was caught in a heavy rain Read More »
Happiness Is in the Field / Le bonheur est dans le pré (1995) Étienne Chatiliez, Michel Serrault, Eddy Mitchell, Sabine Azéma
Francis, the boss of a small plumbing supply company, is harassed by tax collectors Read More »
Isn’t It Romantic (1948) Norman Z. McLeod, Veronica Lake, Mona Freeman, Mary Hatcher
In rural 19th-century Indiana, the three daughters of a Civil War veteran Read More »
Rustic Chivalry / Nobleza baturra (1935) Florián Rey, Imperio Argentina, Miguel Ligero, Juan de Orduña
Pilar, a young Aragonese girl, is loved by two men. Read More »
The Thief / Vor (1997) Pavel Chukhray, Vladimir Mashkov, Yekaterina Rednikova, Mikhail Filipchuk
A woman meets a man who isn’t the right man for her – but she hasn’t realised it yet… Read More »
The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis / O Ano da Morte de Ricardo Reis (2020) João Botelho, Chico Díaz, Luís Lima Barreto, Catarina Wallenstein
Literary adaptation which imagines the last months, in 1936, of Fernando Pessoa Read More »
Eine kleine Sommermelodie (1944) Volker von Collande, Irene von Meyendorff, Curd Jürgens, John Pauls-Harding
A composing soldier on leave (Curd Jürgens) meets a young woman Read More »