The unexpected return of his ex-wife and the assembly of a group of protesters both threaten to wreck a corrupt Read More »
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The Wing and the Thigh (1976) L’aile ou la cuisse
Charles Duchemin, a well-known gourmet and the publisher of a famous restaurant guide Read More »
Miss Bonaparte (1942) Maurice Tourneur
Cora Pearl, a demi-mondaine under the Second Empire, falls in love with a legitimist while she is the mistress of Jérôme Bonaparte, the cousin of Napoleon III. Read More »
The World Will Shake (1939) Le Monde tremblera
In this sci-fi film, a scientist invents a prescient machine that can tell people when they will die. Read More »
Aphrodite, Goddess of Love (1958) Afrodite, dea dell’amore
Year 67 A.D. the ruler of Corinth is a fan of Nero. Fails to set fire to his hometown, dedicated to the worship of Aphrodite, goddess of love Read More »
East – West (1999) Est – Ouest – Régis Wargnier
June 1946: Stalin invites Russian emigres to return to the motherland. Read More »
Sortez des rangs (1996) Fall Out
11-year-old Michel, whose father was shot in the wake of the 1917 army mutiny Read More »
The Magnificent Lover (1986) L’amant magnifique
Antoine and Viviane manage an equestrian exploitation on a wild plateau. Read More »
Life Upside Down (1964) La vie à l’envers
A Paris real estate developer feels compelled to withdraw from his seemingly perfect life into a world of his own. Read More »
The Iron Age (1965) L’età del ferro
A five part documentary on the development of metallurgy, made for Italian television, opens up the last phase of the career of Rossellini Read More »