Roberto, a drummer in a rock band, keeps receiving weird phone calls and being followed by a mysterious man. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
The Damned AKA Les maudits (1947) René Clément, Marcel Dalio, Henri Vidal, Florence Marly
Oslo, April 19th 1945, as the Third Reich is living its last days, a group of Nazis and sympathizers Read More »
People of No Importance / Des gens sans importance (1956) Henri Verneuil, Jean Gabin, Françoise Arnoul, Pierre Mondy
Mid-aged married truck driver falls in love with a young waitress he meets while making a break on a long trip. Read More »
The Diary of Lady M AKA Le journal de Lady M (1992) Alain Tanner, Myriam Mézières, Juanjo Puigcorbé, Félicité Wouassi
She’s a beautiful gifted performer, but her work is not the sort that invites popular acclaim. Read More »
The Branches of the Tree AKA Shakha Proshakha (1990) Satyajit Ray, Ajit Banerjee, Haradhan Bannerjee, Soumitra Chatterjee
An aged patriarch (Ajit Bannerjee), popular for his scrupulous honesty, has a heart attack in the middle of a town gathering in his honour. Read More »
The Game of Truth AKA Le jeu de la vérité (1961) Robert Hossein, Françoise Prévost, Paul Meurisse
A dozen of elegant people are gathered in a writer’s desirable mansion. Read More »
Law Breakers AKA Les assassins de l’ordre (1971) Marcel Carné, Jacques Brel, Catherine Rouvel, Paola Pitagora
In France, the position of “magistrate” resembles that of the American district attorney Read More »
Jean Rollin: The Stray Dreamer AKA Jean Rollin, le rêveur égaré (2011) Damien Aimé Dupont, Yvan Pierre-Kaiser, Jean Rollin, Jean-Pierre Bouyxou, Jean-Loup Philippe
A man who has spent his childhood in the middle of some of the greatest intellectuals of the twentieth century. Read More »
Love at Sea AKA L’amour à la mer (1964) Guy Gilles, Daniel Moosmann, Geneviève Thénier, Josette Krieff
Geneviève is in love with a young sailor, Daniel, who returns to Algeria. Read More »
Sunday’s Children AKA Söndagsbarn (1992) Daniel Bergman, Henrik Linnros, Thommy Berggren, Lena Endre
The film switches back and forth between the adventures of Pu on a summer holiday in Norrland in Sweden Read More »