
End of the 20’s. Alfonso a young writer brought up in France, arrives to an adventurous mining town (Uyuni) in the midst of the Bolivian high plateau. Read More »
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Procès de Jeanne dArc / Trial of Joan of Arc (1962) Robert Bresson, Florence Delay, Jean-Claude Fourneau, Roger Honorat, Drama, History

A reconstruction of the trial of Joan of Arc (based entirely on the transcripts of the real-life trial), concerning Joan’s imprisonment, interrogation and final execution at the hands of the English, filmed in a spare, low-key fashion. Read More »
Marija (2016) Michael Koch, Margarita Breitkreiz, Georg Friedrich, Sahin Eryilmaz, Drama

Marija, a young Ukranian woman, earns a living as a cleaning woman in a hotel in Dortmund, but dreams of having her own hairstyling salon, and puts away some money each month. Read More »
Fail Safe (1964) Sidney Lumet, Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Fritz Weaver, Drama, Thriller

American planes are sent to deliver a nuclear attack on Moscow, but it’s a mistake due to an electrical malfunction. Can all-out war be averted?
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Al-massir / Destiny (1997) Youssef Chahine, Nour El-Sherif, Hani Salama, Laila Eloui, Comedy, Drama, History, Musical, Romance

The story is set in the 12th century in Arab-ruled Spanish province Andalusia, where famed philosopher Averroes is appointed grand judge by the caliph and his liberal court judgements are not liked by everyone. Read More »
The Killing of Sister George (1968) Robert Aldrich, Beryl Reid, Susannah York, Coral Browne, Drama

George lives with her lover, Childie and plays a cheerful district nurse in a BBC soap opera. Read More »
Yoru no nagare / Evening Stream (1960) Yûzô Kawashima, Mikio Naruse, Yôko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada, Akira Takarada, Drama

A woman and her daughter are in love with the same man, a chef at the restaurant that the mother manages. Read More »
The Wild and the Innocent (1959) Jack Sher, Audie Murphy, Joanne Dru, Gilbert Roland, Romance, Western

Charming tale of mountaineer-trapper Murphy’s first taste “big city” life with young, sweet Sandra Dee in tow. Read More »
Omar Khayyam (1957) William Dieterle, Cornel Wilde, Michael Rennie, Debra Paget, Adventure, Biography, Romance

Omar Khayyam was among the greatest of Persian poets. He was also a brilliant mathematician. Read More »
La torre de los siete jorobados / Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks (1944) Edgar Neville, Antonio Casal, Isabel de Pomés, Guillermo Marín, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

In the Madrid of the 19th century a young man plays roulette. A mysterious character helps him by pointing with his walking stick the next number where the ball is going to fall. Read More »