It's a story of a pennyless Russian prince in London, who is befriended by Ada (Ida Lupino). Ada takes the prince home to live with her middle class family.
Truck-driving brothers Humphrey Bogart and George Raft battle the dangers of the open road as well as a murder frame-up in this vintage production full of wisecracking wit and great performances.
As a border guard involved in drug smuggling along the Rio Grande, Charlie Smith (Jack Nicholson) has crossed the line many times. But when he decides to clean up his act and help unite an "illegal" woman with her baby, he runs afoul of his corrupt department, his greedy wife (Valerie Perrine) and a ruthless neighbour (Harvey Keitel)...
1947. A young man, Gaspard Claude (Marc Michel), is convicted for the attempted murder of his wife, although he is innocent of the crime. He is sent to the notorious Sante Prison in Paris and is placed in a cell with four hardened criminals. The latter have decided to escape from the prison by digging their way out of their cell. Reluctantly, they take Gaspard into their confidence and labour digging their way out of their cell. Then, just when escape appears certain, Gaspard is called away to see the prison governor...
Recalling her youth in 1950s northern Spain, Estrella revisits her relationship with her beloved father Agustin, raised in the south, and realises how little she knew of him and his secrets. Victor Erice's delicate and mysterious film reveals his abiding fascination with memory and loss, missed opportunities and the links between private dreams and political realities. The performances, like the meticulously lit compositions and evocative soundtrack, are superb; Omero Antonutti is a charismatic Agustin, while Sonsoles Aranguren and Iciar Bollain shine as, respectively, the young and teenaged Estrella. Exquisitely beautiful, profoundly moving.
When a man is murdered all the clues point to Julien Vercel as the prime suspect. He knew him, his fingerprints are on his car and, as the police eventually discover, he was having an affair with Julien's wife. However, Julien's secretary Barbara Becker is sure something is not quite right with this state of affairs and begins her own investigation into the matter.
Montparnasse 19 (1958)Les amants de Montparnasse / Hero of Montmatre / The Lovers of Montparnasse
"Montparnasse 19", a film about the tragic final years in the life of Italian painter and sculptor Amadeo Modigliani, was itself beset by tragedy. Max Ophuls, the famed director of 'Letter from an Unknown Woman' and 'Le Plaisir', died during its production, leaving his friend Jacques Becker to complete the picture. Its lead performer too, the great French actor Gerard Philipe, would succumb to cancer just over a year after its release. In tracing the latter part of Modigliani's life, 'Montparnasse 19', focuses on the key figures during his time in Paris - his patron Leopold Zborowski (played by Gerard Sety) and two muses, Beatrice Hastings (Lilli Palmer) and Jeanne Hebuterne (Anouk Aimee) - and his gradual descent into alcoholism and drug addiction. The end results, both hauntingly beautiful and savagely ironic, are really quite remarkable. A fitting tribute to the outstanding careers of Ophuls and Philippe, and another excellent entry in the equally superb filmography of Becker, a filmmaker who is finally getting his due.
On a Provencal farm, a protective and devoted mother (Dominique Reymond) raises her seven illegitimate children. Their father is the farm's owner (Daniel Duval), an authoritarian egotist who treats the family as his personal property to be used as cheap labour. Unable to leave, it is only the mother's love for her children and unwavering strength that prevent the family from falling apart.
Alice is a 30 year-old sailor, in love with Felix who waits for her ashore when she unexpectedly sets off as second mechanic on the Fidelio. an old freighter. On board, she discovers not only that she replaces a recently deceased mechanic, but also that the Captain is none other than her first great love, Gael. In her cabin Alice comes across the diary of the former mechanic, and by reading its content - accounts of technical problems, sexual conquests and lovelorn emotions - she finds, oddly, that they echo her own journey. As the ship calls at various ports, Alice deals with life aboard with an all-male crew, the notion of desire in such an environment and the swings of her romantic feelings, while trying to stay the course.
Pat (Cassie McFarlane), is an ordinary London girl with a caring family, a job she enjoys and her own flat. Seeking nothing more than to settle down to a life of married, middle-class conformity, her cosy world is jolted when she meets Del (Victor Romero), a charming and vaguely disconnected toolmaker who loses his job and causes them to challenge their assumptions and aspirations. 'Burning an Illusion', Menelik Shabazz's pioneering first feature, marked a coming of age for black British cinema. Exploring the issues of transformation and identity, this sensitive and entertaining love story traces the emotional and political growth of a young black couple in Thatcher's London.
From Director Amma Asante, starring David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike and set against the breath-taking backdrops of the African savannah and period London, 'A United Kingdom' tells the inspiring real-life romance of Seretse Khama, King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1948 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and South African governments. 'A United Kingdom' celebrates one of the greatest love stories ever told.
Jacques Becker's dark, offbeat comedy about a failing marriage stars Daniel Gelin as Edouard, a poor pianist married to Caroline (Anne Vernon), a beautiful girl from a middle-class family. Caroline's uncle Claude (Jean Galland), a complete snob who looks down on Edouard like the rest of his family, invites the couple to a party at which he is expected to play for his supper in front of Claude's important friends. Add the fact that Claude's son Alain (Jacques Francois) is in love with Caroline and this evening is destined for disaster.
In one of Agnes Varda's more provocative films she presents us with the dilemma faced by husband and father Francois (Jean-Claude Crouot) who finds himself falling in love with an attractive postal worker. What follows is a detailed study of adult fidelity and happiness, which will ultimately end with major repercussions for all parties involved.
Teenage sisters Anne (Eleonore Klarwein) and Frederique (Odile Michel) couldn't be more different: introverted Anne, on the threshold of adolescence, is trying to understand the world around her, while outgoing, politically aware Frederique is beginning her first love affair.
His job is saving lives, but he needs to learn how to live one... Hollywood great Robert Mitchum is Dr. Lucas Marsh, a student doctor blinded by unrelenting ambition. Having married an affluent older woman (Olivia de Havilland) in order to pay his medical school bills, the doctor finds himself indifferent towards his wife and passionate only about his work. Marsh climbs his way to the top, systematically exploiting others to further his career. Will this medical man redeem himself, when the fate of his best friend lies in his hands? Based on the bestselling Morton Thompson novel, this 1955 adaptation was the debut for maverick director Stanley Kramer, who Stephen Spielberg described as an "incredibly talented visionary".
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