Gaston Bouchard, sentenced to 20 years in a penal colony, escapes and meets Marcel Valmont on the train. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
O Princípio da Incerteza / The Uncertainty Principle (2002) Manoel de Oliveira, Leonor Baldaque, Leonor Silveira, Isabel Ruth, Drama
Having lost her place among the social elite, a widow remarries and starts a family. Read More »
Svegliati e Uccidi / Wake Up and Die (1966) Carlo Lizzani, Robert Hoffmann, Gian Maria Volontè, Claudio Camaso, Crime, Drama
Robert Hoffman is Luciano Lutring, a small time jewelry thief who, despite his hot temper, can’t seem to get caught. Read More »
Breathless (1960) Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger, Crime, Drama
Michel Poiccard, an irresponsible sociopath and small-time thief, steals a car and impulsively murders the motorcycle policeman who pursues him. Read More »
The Mission (1986) Roland Joffé, Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally, Adventure, Drama
Jeremy Irons plays a Spanish Jesuit who goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region. Read More »
The Dark Night of the Soul (1989) Carlos Saura, Juan Diego, Fernando Guillén, Manuel de Blas, Drama
A fascinating study of the poet Saint John of the Cross, and his spell in solitary confinement. Read More »
Backbiters (1924) Albert Dieudonné, Jean Renoir, Catherine Hessling, Albert Dieudonné, Eugénie Nau, Drama
Catherine is a servant girl working for the local mayor and victim of the sharp tongues of the mayor’s wife and her friends. Read More »
Aunt Zita (1968) Robert Enrico, Joanna Shimkus, Katina Paxinou, Bernard Fresson, Drama
While taking care of her dying aunt Zita, Annie decides to make an evening of it and experience the nightlife of Paris. Read More »
Goldsnake – Anonima Killers (1966) Ferdinando Baldi, Stelio Candelli, Annabella Incontrera, Juan Cortés, Action, Crime
When the US government finds out that a Chinese scientist, Chang, has discovered a means of creating astonishingly small atomic weapons, they are concerned. Read More »
Roma l’altra faccia della violenza / Rome: The Other Side of Violence (1976) Marino Girolami, Marcel Bozzuffi, Anthony Steffen, Ennio Girolami, Action, Crime
The story concerns a special undercover squad attached to the Rome police force and commanded by Inspector Betti. Read More »