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Tag Archives: Switzerland
Complices (2009) Frédéric Mermoud, Gilbert Melki, Emmanuelle Devos, Cyril Descours

Both detectives on a sickening murder case struggle with being alone and childless in their 40s. Read More »
Chimes at Midnight (1965) Campanadas a medianoche

Sir John Falstaff is the hero in this compilation of extracts from Shakespeare’s ‘Henry IV’ and other plays Read More »
Bridges of Sarajevo / Les Ponts de Sarajevo (2014) Aida Begic, Leonardo Di Costanzo, Jean-Luc Godard, Bogdan Ninkovic, Fedja Stamenkovic, Andrej Ivancic

13 European directors explore the theme of Sarajevo and what this city represents Read More »
Barbed Wire Dolls / Frauengefängnis (1976) Jesus Franco, Lina Romay, Paul Muller, Monica Swinn

Maria (Lina Romay) is sentenced to life in prison for the murder of her sexually abusive father (Jess Franco). Read More »
Manor House / Malmkrog (2020) Cristi Puiu, Agathe Bosch, Ugo Broussot, Frédéric Schulz-Richard

A landowner, a politician, a countess, a General and his wife gather in a spacious manor Read More »
Tchaikovsky’s Wife / Zhena Chaikovskogo (2022) Kirill Serebrennikov, Alyona Mikhaylova, Odin Lund Biron, Filipp Avdeev

Antonina Miliukova is a beautiful and bright young woman, born in the aristocracy of 19th century Russia. Read More »
Netchaiev Is Back / Netchaïev est de retour (1991) Jacques Deray, Yves Montand, Vincent Lindon, Patrick Chesnais

Freshly landed in Paris, Daniel Laurençon, who calls himself Netchaïev Read More »
The Year of the Discovery / El año del descubrimiento (2020) Luis López Carrasco

In 1992, when the Olympics and the Expo at last presented Spain as an emerging new democracy Read More »
Blood of My Blood / Sangue del mio sangue (2015) Marco Bellocchio, Roberto Herlitzka, Pier Giorgio Bellocchio, Lidiya Liberman

Two haunting Italian tales from different centuries in the convent prison of Bobbio Read More »
Villa Amalia (2009) Benoît Jacquot, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Xavier Beauvois

Villa Amalia is the story of Ann, a musician, whose life is turned upside down by a kiss. Read More »
Olga (2021) Elie Grappe, Anastasiia Budiashkina, Sabrina Rubtsova, Caterina Barloggio

A 15-year-old Ukrainian gymnast exiled in Switzerland, who is working to secure a place Read More »
Ironclad (2011) Jonathan English, Paul Giamatti, Jason Flemyng, Brian Cox

It is the year 1215 and the rebel barons of England have forced their despised King John Read More »
A Decent Man / Nichts passiert (2015) Micha Lewinsky, Devid Striesow, Maren Eggert, Annina Walt

Thomas Engel is always anxious to avoid conflict. At any cost. Read More »
Jean de Florette (1986) Claude Berri, Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil

A greedy landowner and his backward nephew conspire to block the only water source Read More »