In Biarritz with her elderly provider to celebrate her birthday, Irene slips down Read More »
Tag Archives: France
Promised Land / Ha-Aretz Hamuvtachat (2004) Amos Gitai, Rosamund Pike, Diana Bespechni, Hanna Schygulla
“Promised Land” tells the story of a group of young unwitting Estonian girls Read More »
Fire’s Share / La part du feu (1978) Etienne Périer, Michel Piccoli, Claudia Cardinale, Jacques Perrin
Real estate developer Bob Hansen discovers that his wife Catherine is cheating on him with his partner. Read More »
The Elegant Criminal / Lacenaire (1990) Francis Girod, Daniel Auteuil, Jean Poiret, Jacques Weber
On 9 January 1836, Pierre Lacenaire goes to the guillotine, a murderer and a thief. Read More »
Run, Man, Run / Corri uomo corri (1968) Sergio Sollima, Tomas Milian, Donald O’Brien, Linda Veras
A knife-wielding Mexican ne’er-do-well is tasked by a scholar with locating $3 million Read More »
It Happens in Roma / Gli ultimi cinque minuti (1955) Giuseppe Amato, Linda Darnell, Vittorio De Sica, Peppino De Filippo
Renata and Carlo covet the same apartment in Rome. They first quarrel but Carlo finds Read More »
Corps perdus (1989) Eduardo de Gregorio, Laura Morante, Tchéky Karyo, Gerardo Romano
Set in Buenos Aires. A man is called upon to identify and evaluate an unfinished Read More »
Ta’ang (2016) Bing Wang
A portrayal of the forced migration, which the Ta’ang people need to undergo Read More »
Giuditta e Oloferne (1959) Fernando Cerchio, Massimo Girotti, Isabelle Corey, Renato Baldini
A beautiful girl plans to seduce, then murder, the brutal conqueror who has taken over her city. Read More »
Son of Samson / Maciste nella valle dei Re (1960) Carlo Campogalliani, Mark Forest, Chelo Alonso, Vira Silenti
During the Persian rule over Egypt (circa 525-480 B.C.), the young prince Kenamon Read More »