Sergio Konstanza, a swindler, owes money to Mr. Hasson. He escapes to the desert where he joins a wacky army reserve unit whose Sergeant is engaged to one of Mr. Hasson’s Daughters. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1970s
On the Move (1979) Útközben
Barbara is a young mother of two in Hungary whose everyday life is abruptly collapses when a friend in Poland dies. Read More »
The Night of the Last Day (1973)
A film director wants to make a politically charged movie, but is hampered by his producer. At the same time, a friend of his commits suicide, and he goes insane. Read More »
Under the Badger’s Rock (1978)
The gamekeeper Straka lives by himself in the Bohemian forest hill. He has quarreled with his only son. He cannot come to terms with the fact that his son has abandoned his beloved forests and settled in a town. Read More »
Giovannino (1976) Paolo Nuzzi
Giovannino grows up and seeks his way, exemplary in his total and definitive absence of character. He lets himself be guided a little by everyone, without ever making a decision of his own free will. Read More »
Aloïse (1975) Liliane de Kermadec
Aloise creates a series of haunting drawings while she is incarcerated in an institution for the insane in turn-of-the-century Switzerland. Read More »
Portnoy’s Complaint (1972)
During a session with his psychoanalyst, Alexander Portnoy rants about everything that is bothering him. Read More »
City on Fire (1979) Alvin Rakoff
A pyromaniac, ex-employee of a city oil refinery creates an explosion at the facility which starts a chain-reaction of fires that engulf the entire city. Read More »
The Heist (1976) El apando
In Mexico City’s infamous Lecumberri prison, three drug-addicted convicts celebrate getting drugs from one of their the mothers. Read More »
Kazablan (1973) Menahem Golan
An embittered gang leader seeks the respect of his neighbors and the love of a young woman. Read More »