Frédéric, a shy small-town man, falls in love with Anne, a middle class woman married to Didier, who cheats on her with top model Barbara. Read More »
Tag Archives: Italy
Perceval le Gallois (1978) Éric Rohmer, Fabrice Luchini, André Dussollier, Solange Boulanger, Drama, Music, Romance, War
The film chronicles Perceval’s knighthood, maturation and eventual peerage amongst the Knights of the Round Table Read More »
Arabella (1967) Mauro Bolognini, Virna Lisi, James Fox, Margaret Rutherford, Comedy
A young woman uses her womanly wiles to seduce older men in order to aid her debt-ridden grandmother. Read More »
Nel gorgo del peccato / Eternal Song of Love (1954) Vittorio Cottafavi, Elisa Cegani, Fausto Tozzi, Margot Hielscher
As Cottafavi himself said, “it is a story of love, death and drugs”. Read More »
Les aventuriers / The Last Adventure (1967) Robert Enrico, Alain Delon, Lino Ventura, Joanna Shimkus, Adventure, Drama
Two adventurers and best friends, Roland and Manu, are the victims of a practical joke that costs Manu his pilot’s license. Read More »
Man of La Mancha (1972) Arthur Hiller, Peter O’Toole, Sophia Loren, James Coco, Drama, Fantasy, Musical
This musical version of Don Quixote is framed by an incident allegedly from the life of its author, Miguel de Cervantes. Read More »
Les aventures d’Arsène Lupin / The Adventures of Arsène Lupin (1957) Jacques Becker, Robert Lamoureux, Liselotte Pulver, O.E. Hasse, Crime, Mystery
Arsène Lupin, the multifaceted gentleman thief, steals two masterpieces from the President of the Council. Read More »
Le voleur de crimes / Crime Thief (1969) Nadine Trintignant, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Robert Hossein, Giorgia Moll, Crime, Drama
Jean (Trintignant), a psychopath, casually witnesses a young woman’s suicide. Read More »
Lo Scopone scientifico / Scientific Poker (1972) Luigi Comencini, Alberto Sordi, Silvana Mangano, Joseph Cotten, Comedy, Drama
An aging American millionairess journeys to Rome each year with her chauffeur George to play the card game scopone with destitute Peppino and his wife Antonia. Read More »
Orlando (1992) Sally Potter, Tilda Swinton, Billy Zane, Quentin Crisp, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Young nobleman Orlando is commanded by Queen Elizabeth I to stay forever young. Miraculously, he does just that. Read More »