Marseilles, 1919. Georges Sarret is a distinguished and respected lawyer, recently honoured for his services in the First World War. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1970s
Kobe Kokusai Gang / International Gangs of Kobe (1975) Noboru Tanaka, Ken Takakura, Bunta Sugawara, Isao Natsuyagi
In International Gangs of Kobe the opposite occurs; it’s Sugawara’s presence that brings out Takakura’s ruthless side. Read More »
Let Joy Reign Supreme / Que la fête commence… (1975) Bertrand Tavernier, Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Jean-Pierre Marielle
France, 1719. Louis 14th died four years ago, Philippe d’Orleans is the regent. Read More »
The Scenic Route (1978) Mark Rappaport, Randy Danson, Marilyn Jones, Kevin Wade
Spins the tale of a woman, her sister, and the man who completes the triangle. Read More »
Despair (1978) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Dirk Bogarde, Andréa Ferréol, Klaus Löwitsch
Germany in the early 1930s. Against the backdrop of the Nazis’ rise, Hermann Hermann, a Russian émigré and chocolate magnate, goes slowly mad. Read More »
The Last Train (1973) Pierre Granier-Deferre, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Romy Schneider, Maurice Biraud
May 1940 – Germany invades Europe, people panic and try to flee by any means possible. Read More »
Love Hate Love (1971) George McCowan, Ryan O’Neal, Lesley Ann Warren, Peter Haskell
Ryan O’Neal plays Russ Emery, a glib engineer who steals the heart of a fashion model named Sheila Blunden. Read More »
Élise ou la vraie vie (1970) Michel Drach, Marie-José Nat, Mohamed Chouikh, Bernadette Lafont
In 1957, Elise Le Tellier, a young woman from Bordeaux, decides to join her brother Lucien Read More »
Man, Woman and Beast / L’uomo, la donna e la bestia – Spell (Dolce mattatoio) (1977) Alberto Cavallone, Maria Pia Luzi, Martial Boschero, Angela Doria
A small town in Italy is about to celebrate their patron saint. The city is full of people with different problems. Read More »
The Boxer (1977) Shûji Terayama, Bunta Sugawara, Kentarô Shimizu, Masumi Harukawa
A young boxer accidentally kills an ex-boxing champion’s brother. Read More »