The journalist Paolo Respighi meets the nuns who ask him to accompany the young Annie Robson Read More »
Tag Archives: France
The Sparrow’s Fluttering / Il frullo del passero (1988) Gianfranco Mingozzi, Philippe Noiret, Ornella Muti, Nicola Farron
A woman, who has been the mistress of a man who has just died Read More »
The Two Lives of Mattia Pascal (1985)
Unlike in the previous 3 adaptations of the book, here Mattia narrates in flashback Read More »
Based on a True Story / D’après une histoire vraie (2017) Roman Polanski, Emmanuelle Seigner, Eva Green, Vincent Perez
Basking in the tremendous success of her debut autobiographical novel dedicated Read More »
Lady Caliph / La califfa (1970) Alberto Bevilacqua, Ugo Tognazzi, Romy Schneider, Marina Berti
As strikes upset Italy, the Califfa’s husband is killed and she becomes Read More »
The Big Ceremonial (1969) Le grand cérémonial
When a boy is the victim of his over-protective mother, he leaves his home Read More »
Nil by Mouth (1997) Gary Oldman, Ray Winstone, Kathy Burke, Charlie Creed-Miles
Raymond, his wife Val, and her brother Billy live in a working-class London district. Read More »
The Great Alibi / Le grand alibi (2008) Pascal Bonitzer, Miou-Miou, Lambert Wilson, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Like every weekend senator Henri Pagès and his wife entertain guests at their beautiful Read More »
The Time to Die / Le temps de mourir (1970) André Farwagi, Anna Karina, Bruno Cremer, Jean Rochefort
Topfer Max discovers a picture that depicts his own murder. Read More »
Moses and Aaron / Moses und Aron (1975) Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub, Günter Reich, Louis Devos, Eva Csapo
A feature length follow-up to Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet’s short film Read More »