Kurochka Ryaba is a sarcastic sour comedy sequel to Konchalovsky’s own 1966 movie ‘The Story of Asya Klyachina Read More »
Tag Archives: France
Going Away / Un beau dimanche (2013) Nicole Garcia, Pierre Rochefort, Louise Bourgoin, Dominique Sanda
Baptiste is a solitary type. A teacher in southern France, he never stays more Read More »
Fanfare of Love / Fanfare d’amour (1935) Richard Pottier, Fernand Gravey, Betty Stockfeld, Madeleine Guitty
Two unemployed musicians, Jean and Pierre, dress up as women to be hired by an all Read More »
Sweet Deception / La Mandarine (1972) Édouard Molinaro, Annie Girardot, Philippe Noiret, Madeleine Renaud
Severine, her husband Georges, Alain, Baba, his brothers and sisters Read More »
Queen of Atlantis / L’Atlantide (1932) Georg Wilhelm Pabst, Brigitte Helm, Pierre Blanchar, Tela Tchaï
Antinea. the Queen of Atlantis, rules her secret kingdom hidden beneath the Sahara Desert. Read More »
Wild Innocence / Sauvage innocence (2001) Philippe Garrel, Mehdi Belhaj Kacem, Julia Faure, Michel Subor
A movie director does a new film against heroine consumption, and the producers are heroine dealers. Read More »
Celestine, Maid at Your Service / Célestine… bonne à tout faire (1974) Jesús Franco, Lina Romay, Howard Vernon, Olivier Mathot
At the beginning of the 20th century: A police raid broke into a clandestine brothel in which Célestine is a boarder. Read More »
Queen of the Tartars / La regina dei tartari (1960) Sergio Grieco, Chelo Alonso, Jacques Sernas, Mario Petri
An orphan (Chelo Alonso), raised by a foreign tribe, becomes a warrior queen Read More »
La donna del fiume / The River Girl (1954) Mario Soldati, Sophia Loren, Gérard Oury, Lise Bourdin
When peasant girl Nives is deserted by smuggler Gino Lodi, she betrays him to the police. Read More »
Singing the Blues in Red / Fatherland (1986) Ken Loach, Gerulf Pannach, Fabienne Babe, Sigfrit Steiner
Persona Non Grata in his homeland, protest singer Klaus Drittemann must leave East Berlin Read More »