Alvin Straight is a very old man with a quiet life in a small country town. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
The Day and the Hour / Le jour et l’heure (1963) René Clément, Simone Signoret, Stuart Whitman, Geneviève Page
It’s the spring of 1944 and Therese is in a hurry to get back to Paris. Read More »
The Black Tulip / La tulipe noire (1964) Christian-Jaque, Alain Delon, Virna Lisi, Dawn Addams
In 1789, when the Revolution went on, a bandit named “Black Tulip” held the surroundings of village Roussillon in fear. Read More »
Summer / L’été (1968) Marcel Hanoun, Graziella Buci, Pierre-Henri Deleau
During the summer of 1968, a young French woman staying in an isolated country house reflects upon her involvement in the events of that May. Read More »
Wonder Boy – De sueur et de sang (1994) Paul Vecchiali, Fabienne Babe, Sam Djob, Kader Boukhanef
A reluctant boxer is the focus of this unique French romance. Maurice dreams of becoming a violinist. Read More »
The Shanghai Drama / Le drame de Shanghaï (1938) Georg Wilhelm Pabst, Christl Mardayn, Louis Jouvet, Raymond Rouleau
A Russian emigrant sings in a Shanghai nightclub under the assumed name of Kay Murphy. Read More »
Return of Sabata / È tornato Sabata… hai chiuso un’altra volta! (1971) Gianfranco Parolini, Lee Van Cleef, Reiner Schöne, Giampiero Albertini
Master gunslinger Sabata arrives in Hobsonville, a town completely owned by McIntock Read More »
Waiting for the Clouds / Bulutlari beklerken (2003) Yesim Ustaoglu, Rüçhan Çaliskur, Ridvan Yagci, Dimitris Kaberidis
A moving and emotional friendship between Aysheh, an elderly woman and Mehmet Read More »
Rocco and His Brothers / Rocco e i suoi fratelli (1960) Luchino Visconti, Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot
The widow Rosaria moves to Milano from Lucania with her 4 sons, one of whom is Rocco. Read More »
La machine (1977) Paul Vecchiali, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Sonia Saviange, Monique Mélinand
Pierre Lentier murders an 8-year-old in horrendous circumstances. Read More »