Agnese, a 15-year-old Sicilian girl is seduced and impregnated by Peppino, her sister Matilde’s fiancé. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
Eréndira (1983) Ruy Guerra, Irene Papas, Claudia Ohana
While Erendira, a beautiful teenage girl, has a surreal mystical vision, her grandmother’s Read More »
Celui qui doit mourir / He Who Must Die (1957) Jules Dassin
Three townspeople cause an uproar when they try to help refugees on a Greek island occupied by Turks. Read More »
La legge / The Law (1959) Jules Dassin, Gina Lollobrigida
Marietta, servant of aristocrat Don Cesare, is the bellezza of an Italian town where men gather Read More »
We Are All Murderers (1952) André Cayatte, Marcel Mouloudji
Rene is not a bright guy. He was taught to kill by the Resistance. Read More »
An Eye for an Eye / Oeil pour oeil (1957) André Cayatte
In North Africa Dr. Walter (W) is a very skilled surgeon but lives at a distance from the hospital. Read More »
Naïs (1943) Raymond Leboursier, Fernandel, Jacqueline Pagnol
Toine, the local hunchback, works at the tile manufacturing plant, but during the summer, he gives a hand to Micoulin Read More »
Carmen (1984) Francesco Rosi, Julia Migenes, Plácido Domingo
In 1820s Spain the soldier Don José falls in love with the fiery and charismatic factory worker Carmen. Read More »
O Rio do Ouro / River of Gold (1998) Paulo Rocha
Carolina (Isabel Ruth), an aging local grande dame who works at a crossing point on the titular river Read More »
The Blue Eyes of Yonta / Udju Azul di Yonta (1992)
A beautiful, intelligent and flirtatious young girl, Yonta, is secretly in love with a friend of her parents Read More »