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Comedy
Ada dans la jungle (1988) Gérard Zingg, Richard Bohringer, Victoria Abril, Isaach De Bankolé
A dying man Lord Gordon asks his niece Ada to find his son in Africa whom he left many years ago. Read More »
The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933) W.S. Van Dyke, Howard Hawks
Steve is just a heavy duty bartender when Edwin J. Bennett, known as the Professor, starts training him for the ring. Read More »
The Xango from Baker Street / O Xangô de Baker Street (2001) Miguel Faria Jr., Joaquim de Almeida, Anthony O’Donnell, Maria de Medeiros
Rio de Janeiro, 1886. Actress Sarah Bernhardt performs at the city’s Municipal Theater Read More »
On the Fiddle (1961) Cyril Frankel, Alfred Lynch, Sean Connery, Victor Maddern
During World War II, a street peddler invents a story about enlisting Read More »
Little Big Man (1970) Arthur Penn, Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Chief Dan George
Jack Crabb is 121 years old as the film begins. A collector of oral histories asks him about his past. Read More »
Groundhog Day (1993) Harold Ramis, Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott
A weather man is reluctantly sent to cover a story about a weather forecasting “rat” (as he calls it). Read More »
Champagne for Caesar (1950) Richard Whorf, Ronald Colman, Celeste Holm, Vincent Price
What happens when the man who knows everything goes on a quiz show that doubles your cash prize Read More »
Wholly Moses! (1980) Gary Weis, Dudley Moore, Laraine Newman, James Coco
Harvey and Zoey, two tourists travelling through Israel, discover an ancient scroll describing the life of Herschel, the man who was almost Moses. Read More »
Milou en mai / May Fools (1990) Louis Malle, Miou-Miou, Michel Piccoli, Michel Duchaussoy
Like Vanya, in Malle’s last film, Milou never left the family estate. His mother dies during the May 1968 student uprising in Paris. Read More »