
A RAF Bomber is shot down over Paris by the Germans. Its crew (Terry Thomas as a flight captain) land there by parachute. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
Vinyan (2008) Fabrice Du Welz, Emmanuelle Béart, Rufus Sewell, Petch Osathanugrah

In Phuket Island, Thailand, the architect Paul Bellmer and his wife Jeanne lost their son Joshua Read More »
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge / La rivière du hibou (1961) Robert Enrico, Roger Jacquet, Anne Cornaly, Anker Larsen

A Civil War civilian is to be executed by hanging, but when the plank is kicked away Read More »
A Bad Son / Un mauvais fils (1980) Claude Sautet, Patrick Dewaere, Brigitte Fossey, Jacques Dufilho

Bruno is released from prison. He looks for a job and tries to start a new life. Read More »
She-Shaman / Szamanka (1996) Andrzej Zulawski, Boguslaw Linda, Iwona Petry, Piotr Machalica

Classmates called her “Italian” … She is extremely beautiful and radiates a certain primitive, dangerous sexuality Read More »
The Valachi Papers (1972) Terence Young, Charles Bronson, Lino Ventura, Jill Ireland

When Joe Valachi (Charles Bronson) has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese (Lino Ventura) Read More »
Sandra / Vaghe stelle dell’Orsa… (1965) Luchino Visconti, Claudia Cardinale, Jean Sorel, Michael Craig

Sandra comes back to Volterra, in Tuscany, the little town where she spent her childhood. Read More »
Ararat (2002) Atom Egoyan, Charles Aznavour, Brent Carver, Eric Bogosian

People tell stories. In Toronto, an art historian lectures on Arshile Gorky (1904 -1948) Read More »
The Woman in the Painting / Amici per la pelle (1955) Franco Rossi, Geronimo Meynier, Andrea Sciré, Vera Carmi

Mario and the new kid Franco gradually become the best of friends Read More »
The Mexican suitcase / La maleta mexicana (2011) Trisha Ziff, Ernest Alós, Juan Diego Botto, Antonio de la Fuente Ferraz

Mexican Suitcase tells the story of the recovery of 4,500 negatives by Robert Capa, Gerda Taro Read More »