
An American of German descent arrives in post-war Germany 1945. His uncle gets him a job on the Zentropa train line as a sleeping car conductor. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
The Name of the Rose AKA Der Name der Rose (1986) Jean-Jacques Annaud, Sean Connery, Christian Slater, Helmut Qualtinger

14. century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several Read More »
Machuca (2004) Andrés Wood, Matías Quer, Ariel Mateluna, Manuela Martelli

Santiago, capital of Chile during the Marxist government of elected, highly controversial president Salvador Allende. Read More »
Eugenie de Sade AKA Eugénie (1973) Jesús Franco, Soledad Miranda, Paul Muller, Andrea Montchal

Eugenie, a beautiful but shy young girl, has been living with her stepfather, Albert since her mother died when she was a baby. Read More »
Mademoiselle Strip-tease (1957) Pierre Foucaud, Philippe Nicaud, Agnès Laurent, Dora Doll

Originally titled Mademoiselle Striptease, this classic French sex comedy is a charming frolic through Read More »
The Hour of the Pig (1993) Leslie Megahey, Colin Firth, Amina Annabi, Jim Carter

In medieval France, young lawyer Richard Courtois leaves Paris for the simpler life in the country. Read More »
Landscape in the Mist AKA Topio stin omichli (1988) Theodoros Angelopoulos, Michalis Zeke, Tania Palaiologou, Stratos Tzortzoglou

Road movie about two children (Voula and Alexandre) searching for their father who is supposed to live in Germany. Read More »
The Fire That Burns AKA La ville dont le prince est un enfant (1997) Christophe Malavoy, Michel Aumont, Naël Marandin

Two boys in their early teens in a strictly-run pre-WWII Catholic School form a firm friendship Read More »
Les sièges de l’Alcazar (1989) Luc Moullet, Olivier Maltinti, Elizabeth Moreau, Sabine Haudepin

Paris, 1955. Guy, film critic of the Cahiers du Cinéma, often goes to see the films of Vittorio Cottafavi in a local cinema. Read More »
Kean (1924) Alexandre Volkoff, Ivan Mozzhukhin, Nathalie Lissenko, Pauline Po

By 1820, Edmund Kean is the most admired Shakespearean actor. But if his art is peerless, his free lifestyle is ill thought of Read More »