Roland Cassard is a young man with no job and seemingly no prospects. Read More »
Tag Archives: Anouk Aimée
The Best Years of a Life AKA Les plus belles années d’une vie (2019) Claude Lelouch, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Anouk Aimée, Souad Amidou
An old man is having memories of a former lover who is still alive. Read More »
Bad Liaisons AKA Les mauvaises rencontres (1955) Alexandre Astruc, Jean-Claude Pascal, Anouk Aimée, Gaby Sylvia
Through her answers to police inspector Corbin’s questions, investigating Dr Danieli’s suicide Read More »
The Appointment (1969) Sidney Lumet, Omar Sharif, Anouk Aimée, Didi Perego
Frederico Fendi, a Rome-based lawyer, is not totally fulfilled despite his professional success Read More »
The Success AKA Il successo (1963) Mauro Morassi, Dino Risi, Vittorio Gassman, Anouk Aimée, Jean-Louis Trintignant
Giulio is a 38-year-old intellectual stuck in a meaningless white-collar job. Read More »
Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man AKA La tragedia di un uomo ridicolo (1981) Bernardo Bertolucci, Ugo Tognazzi, Anouk Aimée, Laura Morante
The son of the owner of a large Italian cheese factory is kidnapped Read More »
The General of the Dead Army (1983) Luciano Tovoli, Marcello Mastroianni, Anouk Aimée, Michel Piccoli
In the early 1960s, nearly 20 years since the Second World War ended, an Italian general Read More »
Model Shop (1969) Jacques Demy, Anouk Aimée, Gary Lockwood, Alexandra Hay
George Matthews is a young man who is having a bittersweet affair with a French divorcée in Los Angeles. Read More »
L’Univers De Jacques Demy / The World Of Jacques Demy (1995) Agnès Varda, Anouk Aimée, Richard Berry, Nino Castelnuovo, Documentary
Golden Salamander (1950) Ronald Neame, Trevor Howard, Anouk Aimée, Herbert Lom, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
British archaeologist David Redfern comes to Tunisia to catalog a collection of art relics and stumbles into evidence of a gun-smuggling racket. Read More »
Le farceur / The Joker (1960) Philippe de Broca, Anouk Aimée, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Palau, Comedy
Edouard Berlon (Jean-Pierre Cassel) is a happy-go-lucky rogue who takes nothing seriously and flits irresponisbly from one affair to another. Read More »
Festival in Cannes (2001) Henry Jaglom, Anouk Aimée, Rachel Bailit, Greta Scacchi, Comedy
Cannes, 1999. Alice, an actress, wants to direct an indie picture. Kaz, a talkative (and maybe bogus) deal maker, promises $3 million if she’ll use Millie, an aging French star. Read More »
La Dolce Vita (1960) Federico Fellini, Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimée, Comedy, Drama
Journalist and man-about-town Marcello struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of Rome’s elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by his girlfriend, all the while searching for a way to become a serious writer.
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Un homme et une femme / A Man and a Woman (1966) Claude Lelouch, Anouk Aimée, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Pierre Barouh, Drama, Romance
A man and a woman meet by accident on a Sunday evening at their childrens’ boarding school. Slowly they reveal themselves to each other, finding that each is a widow/widower. Each is slow to reveal anything personal so that each revelation is hidden by a misperception. They become friends, then close friends, and then she reveals that she can’t have a lover because, for her, her husband’s memory is still too strong. Much of the film is told wordlessly in action, or through hearing one of their thoughts as they go about their day.
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Le stagioni del nostro amore / Seasons of Our Love (1965) Florestano Vancini, Enrico Maria Salerno, Anouk Aimée, Jacqueline Sassard, Drama
Vittorio (Enrico M. Salerno) is a 40-year-old journalist who reaches a mid-life crisis. His wife nags him constantly for ignoring her and their child. After his mistress dumps him, Vittorio returns to the town where he spent his childhood to reflect on the state of his life. Flashbacks are used to tell of Vittorio’s relationship with his parents as a child and the effects World War II had on his development.
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