The Count of Monte Cristo tells the dramatic story of Edmond Dantes, a young French sailor who is falsely denounced as a political traitor and unjustly imprisoned for eighteen years without trial. After a daring escape, Dantes flees to the island of Monte Cristo where he finds a colossal treasure of gold and jewels bequeathed to him by a dying inmate. Using these riches, he assumes a new identity and devises a plan to take vengeance on all those who betrayed him.Read More »
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Industrious accountant David Martinaud claims to be visiting his parents every weekend, but it’s merely a cover for the labor-intensive refurbishing of his country cottage. The reason for David’s secrecy is that his childhood crush, Lise, lives nearby, and, although she’s married, he still believes they’ll get together. His devotion to the idea borders on mania, and, when Lise’s husband is accidentally killed, he quickly spirals out of control.Read More »
Set in the 1950s Soviet Union, centers on a young artist who is commissioned to create Stalin’s monument and must go through KGB scrutiny.Read More »
Indochina-war, 1945: French Robert is the only survivor of a massacre in which his brother has perished. Blinded by revenge, Robert rejoins the forces in search of the assassins. But meeting the young Indochinese Maï disrupts his mission.Read More »
Provocative French writer Michel Houellebecq meets Gérard Depardieu at a sea water therapy center. Together, they try to survive the health regime to which they are subjected by the establishment. But events quickly derail their routine.Read More »
Verloc lives in London 1886 with a pretty wife and her retarded brother. He’s an agent for the Russian embassy. A new ambassador wants more from him than in the past years – something with a bomb. Verloc also informs the police.Read More »
“La Parola Amore Esiste will be remembered for its spectacular story and great acting…” ~DVDTalk
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La Parola Amore Esiste evolves around Angela (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi) who appears to be struggling with a compulsive disorder illness of some type while desperately trying to find a man she can love. Angela has plenty of material possessions in her life but she has never been able to build a relationship where another human being would respond to her desire to be loved. So, when she encounters Marco (Fabrizio Bentivoglio), a divorced cello teacher, she decides to enlist in his private studio and give fate another chance.Read More »
It describes the twilight of a sacred monster, Jules Maugin, an actor at the height of his glory. Under the famous personality, the big mouth, and the social shell, lies the intimate portrait of a man laid bare.Read More »
