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A country road glimpsed through a dirty windscreen… a mangled car wreck on a garage forecourt…Volonté blowing up an inflatable coat hanger and reminding his assistant that ‘it’s the details that count’. And so they clearly do in Goretta’s film, although quite what they add up to is never sharply defined. A crippled TV journalist (Volonté) arrives in a Swiss village to interview a specialist in world food shortages disillusioned by the non-application of his theories. But he soon becomes embroiled in a web of local intrigue resulting from the death of a young immigrant worker. Goretta counterpoints his two stories with deft assurance, letting them strike subdued ironies off one another; there are thematic strands galore here, clearly signposted but seemingly left deliberately smudged. Yet there is no shortage of delights either: fine atmospherics, immaculately fluid camerawork, and a towering performance from Volonté, sympathy and disdain flickering back and forth across those marvellously expressive features.

La.mort.de.Mario.Ricci.1983.VFF.HDTV.1080p.H264.mkv

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Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1 h 36 min
Size: 	4.13 GiB
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https://nitro.download/view/A870BF555C74550/La.mort.de.Mario.Ricci.1983.VFF.HDTV.1080p.H264.mkv

Language(s):French
Subtitles:English, Russian (muxed)

The post Claude Goretta – La Mort de Mario Ricci AKA The Death of Mario Ricci (1983) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

A reserved young woman moves into an apartment with a young student she met while on vacation.

La.dentellière.aka.The.Lacemaker.1977.DVDRip.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

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Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1h 40mn
Size: 	1.47 GiB
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https://nitro.download/view/6841B1B9FC5EC9B/La.dentelliere.aka.The.Lacemaker.1977.DVDRip.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

Language(s):French
Subtitles:English, German

The post Claude Goretta – La Dentellière AKA The Lacemaker (1977) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Synopsis

In September 1956, two young Swiss film enthusiasts, Claude Goretta and Alain Tanner applied for a grant from the British Film Institute to finance a film about London’s Piccadilly on Saturday night. Both in their mid-twenties, they were working at the BFI, where they had met Lindsay Anderson and the other Free Cinema members, as well film critics like Derek Prouse and John Berger, who offered encouragement and support.

At the BFI they also discovered the work of film-makers like Jean Vigo, a major influence. But it was the success of the first two Free Cinema programmes a few months earlier which convinced them to try their luck and make their own Free Cinema-style short.

With a £240 grant from the BFI Experimental Film Fund, they began shooting in the Piccadilly Circus area over 25 Saturday nights, with an unpaid crew of just the two directors and John Fletcher as cameraman/sound recordist. They filmed more than 6,000 feet of footage, which took four months to edit. The main challenge was the sophisticated soundtrack.

A distinctive feature of Nice Time was the complex relationship between the images and the soundtrack which, in typical Free Cinema fashion, was recorded separately. Nice Time’s imaginative approach to sound and quick cutting recalled Vigo’s A Propos de Nice (1930) as well as Lindsay Anderson’s O Dreamland (1953).

In 17 minutes and 190 shots, the two directors captured the hopes and disappointments of mid-1950s crowds – real crowds – in search of amusement and escape in what was considered London’s entertainment centre, with its Eros statue and giant neon signs.

347MB | 17m 39s | 720×576 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/01771F02BF010B8/Nice_Time_-_1957_-_Claude_Goretta_and_Alain_Tanner.mkv

Language(s):English
Subtitles:None

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Draughtswoman Nathalie Baye moves to Paris. This is the tale of her sad encounters and experiences, and the dignity she retains.
Aside from the subdued and true-to-life quality that Claude Goretta’s movies share – in my opinion – with his fellow Swiss Alain Tanner, this is a deeply emotional and depressing film. Nathalie Baye is – as usual – incredibly beautiful, moving and convincing.

DVD Source: VHSRip/TVRip
DVD Format: PAL
DVD Audio: Mono
Program: DVDAuthor
Menus: N.A.
Video: Untouched
Audio: Untouched
DVD extras: N.A.

https://nitro.download/view/4D3830967F3EEC4/LaProvinciale(ClaudeGoretta)_DVDR.rar

Language(s):French
Subtitles:French hardsubs

The post Claude Goretta – La provinciale AKA The Girl From Lorraine (1981) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Synopsis wrote:
After the death of his mother, middle-aged insurance employee inherits her small cottage surrounded by a garden. Selling the cottage which is situated on unexploited ground near the center of a big city makes him a rich man and he buys a big house in the countryside. He takes some time off and decides to throw a big garden party at the house and invite all his colleagues from the office. Aided by alcohol, the guests gradually lose all their inhibitions and reveal personality traits and frustrations that they normally keep hidden.

1.46GB | 1h 35m | 720×576 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/01F4201925730EC/L’Invitation_(1973).mkv

Language(s):French
Subtitles:English

The post Claude Goretta – L’invitation (1973) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Synopsis:
‘George takes care of his invalid wife and holds down a full-time job but is forced into retirement for health reasons. When an investment firm wipes out his life savings, George takes up a life of crime. He is soon driven to the brink of insanity over the unfortunate series of events that transpire.’ [Edited to correct inaccuracies.]
– Dan Pavlides

1.37GB | 1h 22m | 704×576 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/FCE66AA185D471B/Le.fou.1970.DVDRip.x264.AC3.mkv
https://nitro.download/view/20186504F2AB693/Le.fou.1970.DVDRip.x264.AC3.EN.vs2.srt

Language(s):French
Subtitles:English

The post Claude Goretta – Le fou AKA The Madman (1970) first appeared on Cinema of the World.