The Faust legend retold (loosely) and applied to a mentally disturbed patient in a hospital run by a doctor (Sir Peter Ustinov) of dubious sanity. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1970s
Poachers / Furtivos (1975) José Luis Borau, Lola Gaos, Ovidi Montllor, Alicia Sánchez
Angel is a poacher who lives in the forest with his domineering mother. Read More »
Obsession (1976) Brian De Palma, Cliff Robertson, Geneviève Bujold, John Lithgow
New Orleans businessman Michael Courtland’s life is shattered when his wife Read More »
When the Bell Tolls (1970) Luigi Batzella, Brad Harris, Brigitte Skay, Gino Turini
During the Second World War, a group of Greek partisans fight against Germans. Read More »
And Now My Love AKA Toute une vie (1974) Claude Lelouch, Marthe Keller, André Dussollier, Charles Denner
The movie follows the lives of a woman and a man starting from several generations earlier. Read More »
Last Known Address AKA Dernier domicile connu (1970) José Giovanni, Lino Ventura, Marlène Jobert, Michel Constantin
Police inspector Léonetti, a tough, efficient policeman, has been sent to a second-rate police station after being reprimanded. Read More »
A Day at the Beach (1970) Simon Hesera, Mark Burns, Beatie Edney, Fiona Lewis
Bernie, a self-destructive alcoholic, is given watch over his niece Winnie. Read More »
How To Seduce a Virgin AKA Plaisir à trois (1974) Jesus Franco, Alice Arno, Alfred Baillou, Tania Busselier
Martine Bressac is released from a psychiatric clinic after a year’s treatment and is driven home by her chauffeur, Mathias. Read More »
Over the Edge (1979) Jonathan Kaplan, Matt Dillon, Michael Eric Kramer, Pamela Ludwig
A group of bored teenagers rebel against authority in the community of New Granada after the death of one of their own. Read More »
A Herança (1970) Ozualdo Ribeiro Candeias, David Cardoso, Bárbara Fazio, Rosalvo Caçador
Transposition of the classical play “Hamlet” to the Brazilian rural scenery. Read More »