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 »
Tag Archives: France
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 »
The Story of the Count of Monte Cristo (1961) Claude Autant-Lara, Louis Jourdan, Yvonne Furneaux, Pierre Mondy, Action, Adventure, Drama
Edmund Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d’If. Read More »
Les cousins (1959) Claude Chabrol, Gérard Blain, Jean-Claude Brialy, Juliette Mayniel, Drama
Charles is a young provincial coming up to Paris to study law. He shares his cousin Paul’s flat. Read More »
A Carta (1999) Manoel de Oliveira, Chiara Mastroianni, Pedro Abrunhosa, Antoine Chappey, Drama
A well-bred, lovely, spiritual, sad young woman marries an attentive physician who loves her. She feels affection but no love. Read More »
Odissea (1968) Franco Rossi, Mario Bava, Piero Schivazappa, Bekim Fehmiu, Leonard Steckel, Constantin Andrieu, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Odysseus’ journey told in Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey. After fighting in the Trojan War, Odysseus spends years trying to return home to Itaka. Read More »
Demonlover (2002) Olivier Assayas, Connie Nielsen, Gina Gershon, Chloë Sevigny, Thriller, Drama, Mystery
Diane works for a French firm bidding to purchase a Japanese animation outfit. Diane maliciously hatches a plot to take the job of her supervisor Karen. Read More »
Clean (2004) Olivier Assayas, Maggie Cheung, Nick Nolte, Béatrice Dalle, Drama, Music, Romance
London-based Emily Wang gained minor notoriety from her VJ-ing on cable television. Read More »