In a nameless, African country riven with civil war, a young female lawyer is the court-appointed counsel for a rebel leader. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
The Diary of an Innocent Boy / Benjamin ou Les mémoires d’un puceau (1968) Michel Deville, Michèle Morgan, Michel Piccoli, Pierre Clémenti
France, 1750s; Benjamin has spent his entire childhood and early adolescence in the sole company of his tutor Camille. Read More »
Selva. Un portrait de Parvaneh Navaï (1983) Maria Klonaris
Trance dances and out of body projection. In front of the camera, Parvaneh Navaï becomes a mediator Read More »
Dog Day / Canicule (1984) Yves Boisset, Lee Marvin, Miou-Miou, Jean Carmet
A fugitive on the run from the law and carrying several million dollars hides out in the house of a farm family. Read More »
I Accuse / J’accuse (1919) Abel Gance, Romuald Joubé, Maxime Desjardins, Séverin-Mars
The story of two men, one married, the other the lover of the other’s wife Read More »
The Mouth Agape / La gueule ouverte (1974) Maurice Pialat, Nathalie Baye, Hubert Deschamps, Philippe Léotard
Monique is dying. Around her gather her unfaithful husband, her son, who is like his father Read More »
The Unfaithfuls / Le infedeli (1953) Mario Monicelli, Steno, Gina Lollobrigida, May Britt, Pierre Cressoy
An industrialist has his wife tailed because he secretly hopes she is betraying him so that he can ask for a divorce Read More »
The Diary 2 (1999) Nicolas Weber, Lila Baumann, Jason Davies, Kirsty Smith
A sequel movie to The Diary (1999). The movie succeed to replicate the 30’s, between the two world war, between Paris and London. Read More »
Still the Water / Futatsume no mado (2014) Naomi Kawase, Nijirô Murakami, Jun Yoshinaga, Miyuki Matsuda
On the subtropical Japanese island of Amami, traditions about nature remain eternal. Read More »
Chaos / Heya fawda (2007) Youssef Chahine, Khaled Youssef, Khaled Saleh, Menna Shalabi, Youssef El Sherif
Choubra, cosmopolitan neighborhood of Cairo. Hatem, maggoty police officer Read More »