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Mistress of the World AKA Les mystères d’Angkor (1960) William Dieterle, Richard Angst, Martha Hyer, Micheline Presle, Carlos Thompson
Professor Johansson has made a huge scientific breakthrough Read More »
Mazeppa (1993) Bartabas, Miguel Bosé, Brigitte Marty
Based on Lord Byron’s poem “Mazeppa” from 1819 and revolving around the painter Théodore Géticault Read More »
Seule, Georgie (1995) Otar Iosseliani, Documentary
The dreadful warfare in Chechnya, a neighbor of Georgia, provides a unique poignancy into Otar Iosseliani’s intriguing Read More »
The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) Josée Dayan, Gérard Depardieu, Ornella Muti, Jean Rochefort
A TV mini-series adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Read More »
Don’t Touch the White Woman! AKA Touche pas à la femme blanche (1974) Marco Ferreri, Marcello Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Michel Piccoli
Director Mario Fererri reenacts the events leading up to the Battle of the Little Big Horn in this wild Read More »
The African AKA L’Africain (1983) Philippe de Broca, Catherine Deneuve, Philippe Noiret, Jean-François Balmer
A travel agent travels to Africa intending to start a resort hotel only to encounter her crusty ex-husband and ivory smugglers. Read More »
Parking (1985) Jacques Demy, Francis Huster, Laurent Malet, Keiko Itô
This film is an update of Jean Cocteau’s Orpheus, set in the world of 1980s rock. Read More »
Cry of the Heart AKA Le cri du coeur (1974) Claude Lallemand, Stéphane Audran, Maurice Ronet, Delphine Seyrig
Cry of the Heart is a passionate story about love, hate, and forgiveness. Read More »
Dracula and Son AKA Dracula père et fils (1976) Édouard Molinaro, Christopher Lee, Bernard Menez, Marie-Hélène Breillat
Son grows up with father, leaves to go to big city in 1979. Father follows and tries to survive as a vampire in a modern world. Read More »