
The year is 1980. The Levis, a large family with a unique lifestyle, live in what was then a rather naive State of Israel. Read More »
Tag Archives: french subtitles
The Exchange Student AKA Les grandes vacances (1967) Jean Girault, Louis de Funès, Ferdy Mayne, Martine Kelly

Charles Bosquier, a role apparently written for French comedy superstar Louis de Funès, is the dictatorial headmaster of a French strict boarding school. Read More »
Trails AKA Veredas (1978) João César Monteiro, Manuela de Freitas, Luís de Sousa Costa, Francisco Domingues, Carmen Duarte

A poetic journey in the heart of Portugal. They were two. A man and a woman that met and traveled down from the Tras-os-Montes to the sea. Read More »
Duel at Silver Creek (1952) Don Siegel, Audie Murphy, Faith Domergue, Stephen McNally

A gang of claim jumpers is infesting the territory, gaining ownership of undermanned mining operations through extortion…and leaving no live witnesses. Read More »
What’s New About Love? AKA O que Há de Novo no Amor? (2011) Hugo Alves, Mónica Santana Baptista, Joana Santos, João Cajuda, Nuno Casanovas

Six friends meet every evening in a basement to make music. Read More »
The Policeman AKA Ha-Shoter Azulai (1971) Ephraim Kishon, Shaike Ophir, Zaharira Harifai, Avner Hizkiyahu

Azulai is a policeman in Jaffa, whose incompetence is only matched by his soft-heartedness. Read More »
Birds, Orphans and Fools AKA Vtáckovia, siroty a blázni (1969) Juraj Jakubisko, Philippe Avron, Jirí Sýkora, Magda Vásáryová

Slovak director Juraj Jakubisko is often described as the Fellini of Eastern Europe. After the 1968 film The Deserter and the Nomads Read More »
Amama (2015) Asier Altuna, Kandido Uranga, Iraia Elias, Amparo Badiola

A man runs through the woods, clearly in distress: he is carrying an elderly lady on his back while towing behind him a seemingly never-ending rope. Read More »
The Blue Kite AKA Lan feng zheng (1993) Zhuangzhuang Tian, Tian Yi, Wenyao Zhang, Xiaoman Chen

On Dry Well Lane in Beijing in 1953, Chen Shujuan and Lin Shaolong marry. Read More »
Strongman Ferdinand AKA Der starke Ferdinand (1976) Alexander Kluge, Heinz Schubert, Vérénice Rudolph, Joachim Hackethal

The clownish security chief of a West German business is obsessed with protecting his factory Read More »