Having escaped from prison Ristack contacts his partner, to organize an attack on a van full of gold. The heist goes well but each man is trying to keep all the loot for himself…
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Tag Archives: France
Vampyr (1932) Carl Theodor Dreyer, Julian West, Maurice Schutz, Rena Mandel, Fantasy, Horror
Allan Gray arrives late in the evening to a secluded riverside inn in the hamlet of Courtempierre. An old man enters his room, puts a sealed parcel on the table, blurts out that some woman mustn’t die, and disappears. Read More »
Il federale / The Fascist (1961) Luciano Salce, Ugo Tognazzi, Georges Wilson, Gianrico Tedeschi, Comedy
1944. Primo Arcovazzi a fanatic member of Brigate Nere (fascist organization) is in charge to bring an opponent to the regime, Prof. George Wilson, from Abruzzo to Roma. Read More »
Violette (2013) Martin Provost, Emmanuelle Devos, Sandrine Kiberlain, Olivier Gourmet, Drama, Romance, Biography
Violette Leduc, born a bastard at the beginning of last century, meets Simone de Beauvoir in the years after the war in St-Germain-des-Prés. Read More »
Le Lieu du crime / Scene of the Crime (1986) André Téchiné, Nicolas Giraudi, Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Crime, Drama, Romance
In the woods, a 13-year-old boy is grabbed by an escaped convict and told to bring money later that day. Read More »
Galia (1966) Georges Lautner, Mireille Darc, Venantino Venantini, Françoise Prévost, Crime, Drama
Newly arrived in Paris, Galia lives in a small apartment near Notre-Dame cathedral. One evening, whilst walking along the banks of the River Seine, she saves a young woman from drowning. Read More »
La cage / The Cage (1975) Pierre Granier-Deferre, Lino Ventura, Ingrid Thulin, William Sabatier, Drama, Thriller
Julien, a successful property developer, gets more than he bargained for when he accepts an invitation to dinner with his ex-wife Hélène at her detached residence in the suburbs of Paris. Read More »
Il diavolo nel cervello / Devil in the Brain (1972) Sergio Sollima, Stefania Sandrelli, Keir Dullea, Micheline Presle, Mystery, Thriller
A child suspected of killing his father is imprisoned in a mental hospital. A doctor finds him mentally healthy and begins to suspect another explanation. Read More »
The Tiger of Eschnapur / Der Tiger Von Eschnapur (1959) Fritz Lang, Debra Paget, Paul Hubschmid, Walther Reyer, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller
An architect travels to the remote city of Eschnapur to oversee some work being done at the bequest of the local Maharajah. Read More »
The Corrupt Ones (1967) James Hill, Robert Stack, Elke Sommer, Nancy Kwan, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Cliff Wilder, a free-lance photographer on assignment in mainland China, is surprised taking unauthorized photographs and narrowly escapes capture. Read More »