Synopsis: “A French farce set in Victorian London where a botanist and his wife get into trouble when they pretend to go missing in order to hide from their sanctimonious cousin – an Anglican bishop who is leading a campaign against such writing.”
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Amidst the devastation of post-crisis Spain, mother and daughter bluff and grift to keep up the lifestyle they think they deserve, bonding over common tragedy and an impending eviction.Read More »
Palencia (Spain). Little Martin gets pooped every day at school, which is making his life bitter. He feels embarrassed for his parents, Gema and Toribio, two lovers who always smile as if asking for forgiveness for everything and who, moreover, ignore the drama that their poor son suffers every day in class.Read More »
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ANGEL CITY seems to me one of my most dated works, perhaps because it is in the nature of satires, or the embracing of things-of-the-time (in order to skewer them) that one is necessarily enmeshed with just what one is out to attack, like B’rer Rabbit’s tar baby. Still it has some pretty funny things in it, even now. And as a film it is for the money, a pretty spectacular piece, with aerials, a big crane shot, EFX, all done for a measly (even back then) $6000.Read More »
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The Saint (Jean Marais) and his dim-witted sidekick Uniatz (Jess Hahn) spring in to action in this slapstick comedy spy actioner. The duo goes after a cache of American cash left over from World War II used in an undercover operation. The two battle rival international agents also after the sizeable sum…Read More »
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Andreas, a young German student comes to Hungary on an exchange programme. In the Hungarian village he falls in love with the stationmaster’s daughter Piroschka and spends much of his time with her. They have an enchanting summer until Andreas gets an invitation to join another young woman at a nearby resort. Piroschka is jealous and follows him there, causing trouble. It takes a long time for Andreas and Piroschka to even talk to each other again. When Andreas has to leave Hungary at the end of his holiday, he is determined to return some day.Read More »
A role in a new production seems lucky for young actress Vicki until the torture that awaits her is revealed, struggling to come to terms with the price she has to pay for making art.Read More »
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Today is a day unlike any before. Today is the day Kalthoum and their girlfriends imagine their revenge.Read More »
It all starts off quite trivially, with a young married couple’s quarrel. The husband decides to get away with two friends: a hapless businessman and a local cop. But instead of a peaceful day of fishing, a series of mysterious events await them.Read More »