Italy, 1916. Oreste Jacovacci and Giovanni Busacca are conscripted, as all the Italian youths, to serve the army in the WWI. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
Alila (2003) Amos Gitai, Yaël Abecassis, Hana Laszlo, Uri Klauzner
In Tel Aviv, the gloomy Ezra hires foreign workers without permits to build an addition to a homely block of flats Read More »
She Spent So Many Hours Under the Sun Lamps (1985) Philippe Garrel, Mireille Perrier, Jacques Bonnaffé, Anne Wiazemsky
A young film director is turning a movie with his friend Christa (reminds us of the real-life relationship between Garrel and Nico). Read More »
Nos années folles (2017) André Téchiné, Pierre Deladonchamps, Céline Sallette, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet
The true story of Paul who, after two years at the front, is mutilated and deserted. Read More »
L’Atlantide (1921) Jacques Feyder, Jean Angelo, Stacia Napierkowska, Georges Melchior
Lost legionnaire André de Saint-Avit (Georges Melchoir) is rescued from the desert sands. Read More »
Cabaret Balkan (1998) Goran Paskaljevic, Mira Banjac, Ivan Bekjarev, Aleksandar Bercek
The film takes place in Belgrade in the mid nineties of the twentieth century Read More »
Eat Your Bones (2014) Jean-Charles Hue, Frédéric Dorkel, Jason François, Michael Dauber
18 year old Jason Dorkel belongs to a community of gypsies. Read More »
The Living World (2003) Eugène Green, Christelle Prot, Alexis Loret, Adrien Michaux
An ogre keeps in his castle two children, whom he intends to eat. Read More »
L’homme et l’enfant (1956) Raoul André, Eddie Constantine, Juliette Gréco, Folco Lulli
The “man” is Eddie Constantine; the “child” is Eddie’s adopted daughter. Read More »
The Return of the Tall Blond Man (1974) Yves Robert, Pierre Richard, Jean Carmet, Jean Rochefort
With ‘little captain’ Cambrai raising serious doubts about the reality of the so-called “super spy” Read More »