A fictional account of one year in the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
The Big Night (1959) La notte brava
In Rome, small-time thieves Scinttilone and Ruggeretto steal four rifles Read More »
Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle (2021) Arthur Harari
When Japan surrenders at the end of World War II, soldier Hiroo Onoda Read More »
Between Love and Duty / Le bois des amants (1960) Claude Autant-Lara, Laurent Terzieff, Erika Remberg, Horst Frank
WW2, in occupied Brittany: a military German woman comes to visit her husband, a Kommandatur officer. Read More »
Courier of Lyons / L’affaire du courrier de Lyon (1937) Claude Autant-Lara, Maurice Lehmann, Pierre Blanchar, Dita Parlo, Jacques Copeau
Historical drama based on a true case of miscarriage of justice, the “Joseph Lesurques case” of 1796. Read More »
The Heart’s Cry / Le cri du coeur (1994) Idrissa Ouedraogo, Richard Bohringer, Saïd Diarra, Félicité Wouassi
Moctar lives in Mali with his mother Saffi and his ailing grandfather. Read More »
Killing Mad Dogs / Sagkoshi (2001) Bahram Beizai, Mozhdeh Shamsai, Majid Mozaffari, Reza Kianian
Golrokh an Iranian lady who is a talented author struggles to settle her presumably disloyal Read More »
Today / Aujourd’hui (2012) Alain Gomis, Saul Williams, Djolof Mbengue, Anisia Uzeyman
Satché is about to die. He decides to make his last day on this world the day of his life. Read More »
The Family Friend / L’amico di famiglia (2006) Paolo Sorrentino, Giacomo Rizzo, Laura Chiatti, Gigi Angelillo
Geremia, an aging tailor/money lender, is a repulsive, mean, stingy man who lives alone Read More »
Sweet Dreams / Skagerrak (2003) Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, Iben Hjejle, Bronagh Gallagher, Martin Henderson
Skagerrak is the story of being hit by happiness when you least expect it. Read More »