Two segments. The first one arranges six stories from Cesare Pavese’s “Dialoghi con Leucò”, taken from classical mythology. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
Docteur Chance (1997) F.J. Ossang, Pedro Hestnes, Elvire, Marisa Paredes
A young gangster deals with stolen works of art and other dodgy items under the order of his overbearing mother. Read More »
Betelnut Beauty / Ai ni ai wo (2001) Cheng-sheng Lin, Chang Chen, Angelica Lee, Chen-Nan Tsai
A cute coed leaves her mother’s home and gets involved with a pastry chef who just finish his military service. Read More »
Bim (1951) Albert Lamorisse, Jacques Prévert, Udo Langhoff
On an island in an Eastern country, a poor young boy only has a little donkey, Bim, who shares all his games. Read More »
Sujo (2024) Astrid Rondero, Fernanda Valadez, Juan Jesús Varela, Yadira Pérez, Alexis Varela
When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his 4-year-old son. Read More »
The Red Head / Poil de carotte (1932) Julien Duvivier, Harry Baur, Robert Lynen, Louis Gauthier
Adapted from various stories by Jules Renard, Poil de Carotte (The Red Head) Read More »
A Talking Picture (2003) Manoel de Oliveira, Leonor Silveira, Filipa de Almeida, John Malkovich
A meditation on culture. July, 2001: buddies tide as a cruise boat departs Lisbon for Mediterranean ports and also the Indian Ocean. Read More »
Coup de torchon (1981) Bertrand Tavernier, Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Stéphane Audran
1938, in a French african colony. Lucien Cordier is the cop of this village, populated with blacks Read More »
Die Todesstrahlen des Dr. Mabuse / The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse (1964) Hugo Fregonese, Victor De Santis, Peter van Eyck, O.E. Hasse, Yvonne Furneaux
The final film in the Dr. Mabuse series is also truly the least of the series. Read More »
Thank Heaven for Small Favors / Un drôle de paroissien (1963) Jean-Pierre Mocky, Bourvil, Francis Blanche, Jean Poiret
Bad financial conditions compel an aristocratic family named Lachesnaye to do strange work. Read More »