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Tag Archives: Switzerland
Manon of the Spring / Manon des sources (1986) Claude Berri, Yves Montand, Emmanuelle Béart, Daniel Auteuil
A beautiful but shy shepherdess plots vengeance on the men whose greedy Read More »
Welcome to Germany (1988) Thomas Brasch
An US-based film director returns from the US to Germany, where he was forced Read More »
The Franc / Le franc (1994) Djibril Diop Mambéty, Dieye Ma, Aminata Fall, Demba Bâ
A penniless, fast-thinking musician buys a lottery ticket which he glues to his back door Read More »
Ashakara (1991) Gérard Louvin, James Campbell, Jean-Marc Pasquet, Willy Monshengwo
Set in Togo, West Africa, Ashakara is a modern African tale. An African doctor finds Read More »
War in the Highlands / La guerre dans le Haut Pays (1998) Francis Reusser, Marion Cotillard, Yann Trégouët, François Marthouret
In the winter of 1797-98, the troops of Napoleon and their revolutionary allies Read More »
The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun / La petite vendeuse de soleil (1999) Djibril Diop Mambéty, Moussa Baldé, Lissa Balera, Aminata Fall
La petite vendeuse de soleil follows the life of a young girl who moves from her village to Dakar Read More »
Devil in the Flesh / Le malizie di Venere (1969) Massimo Dallamano, Laura Antonelli, Régis Vallée, Loren Ewing
Based on the infamous novel by Leopold Sacher-Masoch this fine film follows Read More »
The Wound / Yara (1998) Yilmaz Arslan, Yelda Reynaud, Halil Ergün, Nur Sürer
Hulya, the daughter of a family who migrated to Germany from Turkey (Yelda Reynaud) Read More »
Watermarks: Three Letters from China (2013) Luc Schaedler
Based on three different places, the film portrays the infractions to which people Read More »