The former famous painter Frenhofer lives quietly with his wife in his countryside Read More »
Tag Archives: Switzerland
In the White City / Dans la ville blanche (1983) Alain Tanner, Bruno Ganz, Teresa Madruga, Julia Vonderlinn
A Swiss sailor jumps ship in Lisbon, tired of the noisy engine room Read More »
Helsinki Napoli All Night Long (1987) Mika Kaurismäki, Kari Väänänen, Roberta Manfredi, Jean-Pierre Castaldi
Alex is Finlander married to an Italian who works as a taxi driver in Berlin. Read More »
La vallée fantôme (1987) Alain Tanner, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jacob Berger, Laura Morante
This uneven drama concerns the efforts of an aspiring filmmaker to include Read More »
We Who Dwell in the Mountains Cannot Be Blamed for Being There / Wir Bergler in den Bergen sind eigentlich nicht schuld, daß wir da sind (1974) Fredi M. Murer
In Göschenen, at the foot of the Gotthard, industrialization has long since taken hold Read More »
The Blue Villa / Un bruit qui rend fou (1995) Dimitri de Clercq, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Fred Ward, Arielle Dombasle, Charles Tordjman
A sailor who was accused of killing a teenage girl and who was presumed Read More »
Memoir of War / La douleur (2017) Emmanuel Finkiel, Mélanie Thierry, Benoît Magimel, Benjamin Biolay
June 1944, France is still under the German occupation. Read More »
Naked Tango (1990) Leonard Schrader, Vincent D’Onofrio, Mathilda May, Fernando Rey
Returning by ship to South America, a young girl escapes her elderly husband Read More »
Sexy Baby / Unruhige Töchter (1968) Hansjörg Amon, Joerg Anderson, Inge Burckhardt, Maria Caleita
Sue is a young smart pretty cunning self-confident assertive sexually-liberated feminist student Read More »
La Paloma (1974) Daniel Schmid, Ingrid Caven, Peter Kern, Peter Chatel
A love story between a “demi-mondaine” kept by various lovers, suffering from tuberculosis Read More »