A moving and emotional friendship between Aysheh, an elderly woman and Mehmet Read More »
Tag Archives: France
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 »
Eye of the Storm / L’oeil du cyclone (2015) Sekou Traoré, Maimouna N’Diaye, Fargass Assandé, Abidine Dioari
In a nameless, African country riven with civil war, a young female lawyer is the court-appointed counsel for a rebel leader. Read More »
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 »