Anna Karina

After the conductor of the orchestra he has been playing in commits suicide, a young clarinettist is left with a quite valuable violin.Read More »

Synopsis:
‘In this lighthearted crime comedy, Nicolas is a Barcelona ice cream vendor who inadvertently helps a friend who has just committed a robbery. He is chased by several shady underworld characters trying to get their hands on the stolen loot.’
– Dan Pavlides

Maurice Ronet’s directorial debut.Read More »

In 1917, the First World War is raging. Julien is from Luxemburg, so instead of having to go to war he studies piano in Paris. One day his friend Jacques, also a musician and now a fighter pilot on the front, invites him to spend a few days in his family’s empty house in Bray. The housekeeper, a beautiful but mute woman lets Julien in, but his friend is late and he is obliged to wait. In the meantime, he starts reminiscing of the pre-war days spent with his friend and Jacques’ girlfriend Odile.Read More »

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Man on Horseback (German: Michael Kohlhaas – der Rebell) is a 1969 German drama film directed by Volker Schlöndorff based on the novel Michael Kohlhaas by Heinrich Von Kleist. It was entered into the 1969 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Another film based on the book is scheduled for release at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. The made-for-TV western “The Jack Bull” (1999) starring John Cusack is also based on von Kleist’s “Michael Kohlhaas.”Read More »

Two crooks with a fondness for old Hollywood B-movies convince a languages student to help them commit a robbery.Read More »

A man faces a trial for murder. The court is biased because of his personal qualities.Read More »

Returning from America, Andras tries to renew his relationship with Anna, an old flame, but she refuses. His decision to buy a dog for companionship leads to a meeting with a little girl and a new relationship begins.Read More »

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A veterinary surgeon and a mysterious woman enter into an arranged marriage and find themselves pitted against each other and against the menagerie of animals and insects he brings into their bourgeois home. As the apartment fills with animals and insects, strange goings on and suspicions between the couple increase.Read More »

Synopsis:
‘Lamiel (Anna Karina) is a poor orphan girl who climbs her way to the social elite in this 19th-century costume drama. A doctor (Michel Bouquet) lives vicariously through Anna as he oversees the progress of his female protege. Lamiel finds love with a young thief who steals into her bedroom after her marriage to a penniless count (Jean-Clause Brialy), and the two experience a romantic rendezvous of forbidden love after Lamiel goes from being a poor peasant woman to living a life of comparative luxury.’
– Dan Pavlides (AllMovie)Read More »