
In France, the single translator Diane Siprien adopts an Asian baby named Liu-San in a foundation directed by Sybille Weber. Read More »
Tag Archives: Italy
Before the Deluge AKA Avant le déluge (1954) André Cayatte, Antoine Balpêtré, Paul Bisciglia, Bernard Blier

Self-centered parents of the 50’s targeted by drama in which teenagers panicking after burglary supposed to finance the run from the Third World War. Read More »
Murmur of the Heart AKA Le souffle au coeur (1971) Louis Malle, Lea Massari, Benoît Ferreux, Daniel Gélin

This is a jolly coming-of-age story about a 14-year-old boy named Laurent Chevalier who is growing up in bourgeois surroundings in Dijon, France. Read More »
Churchill’s Leopards AKA I Leopardi di Churchill (1970) Maurizio Pradeaux, Richard Harrison, Pilar Velázquez, Giacomo Rossi Stuart

The mission: The British have to carry out a plan hatched by Churchill himself to blow up a French dam Read More »
Captain Blood AKA Le capitan (1960) André Hunebelle, Jean Marais, Bourvil, Elsa Martinelli

The young King Louis XIII is dominated by his mother Marie de Medici and her favorite Concino Concini. Read More »
The Berlin Affair AKA Interno berlinese (1985) Liliana Cavani, Gudrun Landgrebe, Kevin McNally, Mio Takaki

Set in 1938 Berlin, Louise Von Hollendorf is the wife of a young Nazi diplomat who meets Read More »
The Future AKA Il Futuro (2013) Alicia Scherson, Manuela Martelli, Luigi Ciardo, Rutger Hauer

When their parents die, Bianca starts to smoke and Tomas is still a virgin. Read More »
Black Orpheus AKA Orfeu Negro (1959) Marcel Camus, Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Lourdes de Oliveira

In the heady atmosphere of Rio’s carnival, two people meet and fall in love. Read More »
Si Versailles m’était conté (1954) Sacha Guitry, Michel Auclair, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jean-Louis Barrault

Witty narration follows the history of Versailles Palace; founded by Louis XIII, enlarged by autocratic Louis XIV Read More »
Toto Who Lived Twice AKA Totò che visse due volte (1998) Daniele Ciprì, Franco Maresco, Marcello Miranda, Carlo Giordano, Pietro Arciadiacono

The film has three stories. First is about local village idiot Paletta, who can not afford the services of a whore Read More »