At 30, boyish penniless aristocrat Ryno de Marigny has separated from Villini, a passionate Spaniard and his mistress of 10 years. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
From the Pole to the Equator (1987) Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi, Raimondo Franchetti
The title Dal polo all’equatore was first used by the pioneering documentary maker, Luca Comerio, for a compilation film of 1925 Read More »
Karagoez catalogo 9,5 (1983) Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi
This was the first long catalogue Yervant and Angela compiled from an archive found in 1977, composed of films with russian actor legend Ivan Muzzhukin Read More »
For a Cops Hide (1981) Alain Delon, Mireille Darc, Anne Parillaud
In Paris, the ex-cop Choucas is a private detective that works with a mysterious partner, Tarpon, and the secretary Charlotte. Read More »
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1982) Christopher Petit, Billie Whitelaw, Paul Freeman, Pippa Guard
A rather loose adaptation of the P. D. James novel. Cordelia Gray, the survivor of a partnership in a detective agency Read More »
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (1986) David Heeley, Joan Bennett, Angela Lansbury, Elizabeth Taylor
Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn formed one of the greatest couples of Hollywood’s Golden Era — both on screen and off. Read More »
Girl From Hunan (1986) U Lan, Fei Xie, Renhua Na, Xiaoguang Deng, Zongxiang Guan
China, 1900. Xiaoxiao, a girl of about 12, comes to a mountain village for an arranged marriage with a two-year-old boy, Chunguan. Read More »
Just the Way You Are (1984) Édouard Molinaro, Kristy McNichol, Michael Ontkean, Kaki Hunter
Susan is a young, beautiful and successful flute player, but because of her physical handicap, a lame leg, she is having difficulties finding Mr. Right. Read More »
The Horse of Pride (1980) Claude Chabrol, Jacques Dufilho, Bernadette Le Saché, François Cluzet
In early twentieth-century Brittany, two peasants marry, have a son, and live in traditional Breton ways: three generations under one roof Read More »
A Story of Women (1988) Claude Chabrol, Isabelle Huppert, François Cluzet, Marie Trintignant, Drama, Romance
Marie Latour, a woman of limited schooling, raises two children in a ratty flat during World War II in occupied France. Read More »