Victor Valance, an absent father who likes to gamble, returns home in order to take money from his family and gamble with it. Read More »
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Egon Schiele – Exzesse AKA Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment (1981) Herbert Vesely, Mathieu Carrière, Jane Birkin, Christine Kaufmann
The life of cursed painter Egon Shiele, specialized in nudes, and on his late conflicting love for two women. Read More »
Crime and Punishment (1935) Josef von Sternberg, Edward Arnold, Peter Lorre, Marian Marsh
Roderick Raskolnikov, a brilliant criminology student and writer, becomes embittered by poverty and his inability to support his family. Read More »
Crime et châtiment AKA Crime and Punishment (1956) Georges Lampin, Jean Gabin, Marina Vlady, Ulla Jacobsson
Convinced of his own intelligence and talent, René Brunel (Robert Hossein) decide to try that is above Read More »
Operation Double Cross AKA Train d’enfer (1965) Gilles Grangier, Jean Marais, Marisa Mell, Gérard Tichy
In Barcelona, secret agent Antoine Donadieu thwarts the plans of a Nazi scientist. Read More »
The Others AKA Les autres (1974) Hugo Santiago, Maurice Born, Noëlle Châtelet, Patrice Dally
Spinoza tries to discover the causes why his son committed suicide. Read More »
The Old Lady Who Wades in the Sea (1991) Laurent Heynemann, Jeanne Moreau, Michel Serrault, Luc Thuillier
Lady M. wades every morning through the sea in order to heal her pain. Read More »
Spotlight on a Murderer (1961) Georges Franju, Pierre Brasseur, Pascale Audret, Marianne Koch
When he sees his days are old count Hervé p Kéraudren decides to hide in a secret alcove and to perish there, simply to frighten his heirs. Read More »
Hellhole (2019) Bas Devos, Lubna Azabal, Hamza Belarbi, Amine Benhilal
The portrait of a wounded city in enigmatic images: at its center stand Brussels Read More »
Betty Fisher and Other Stories (2001) Claude Miller, Sandrine Kiberlain, Nicole Garcia, Mathilde Seigner
Grieving after the death of her young son Joseph, novelist Betty Fisher enters a dark depression. Read More »