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Donkey Skin takes its story from the fairy tale of the same name, as told by 17th-century French writer Charles Perrault. A variant of Cinderella, the tale begins with a king (Jean Marais), who is well-loved and very happy, as he has a beautiful wife (Catherine Deneuve) and a beautiful daughter (Deneuve again), not to mention a literal moneymaker in a donkey that doesn’t excrete the usual fertilizer, but instead gold and jewels. The king’s fortunes take a turn for the worse when he loses his wife to a sudden illness. Before she dies, he makes the unwise promise to only marry a woman more beautiful than she. When the king’s ministers force him to undertake another marriage to produce a male heir, the only woman who surpasses the dead queen in beauty is…his daughter. Being that this is a fairy tale, things work a bit differently, and the usual opposition to incest is brushed over fairly easily. The most amusing bit comes when the king asks his wise man whether the marriage would be wrong, and the wise man responds that all little girls want to marry their father, and that if the wise man had a daughter, he’d want to marry her. So there!

Daughter (she has no given name in the film) isn’t totally sure, though. She runs off to visit her godmother, the Lilac Fairy (Delphine Seyrig), who informs her that under no circumstances should she marry her father. She tells the daughter to stall him by asking for a series of increasingly elaborate dresses (the colors of weather, the moon, and then the sun), which he delivers accordingly. Finally, they must play their final card: the daughter asks for the skin of the prize donkey. “My banker?” exclaims the king. But he consents, and following this ultimate show of love, the Lilac Fairy tells daughter to flee, wearing the donkey skin as a disguise.

Jacques Demy - (1970) Donkey Skin.mkv

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Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1h 30mn
Size: 	1.52 GiB
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Codec: 	x264
Resolution: 	960x576 
Aspect ratio:  	1.667
Frame rate: 	23.976 fps
Bit rate: 	2 149 Kbps
BPP: 	0.162
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#1:  	French 5.1ch AC-3 @ 256 Kbps

https://nitro.download/view/1E8EDB96E8656BC/Jacques_Demy_-_(1970)_Donkey_Skin.mkv

Language(s):French
Subtitles:English

The post Jacques Demy – Peau d’âne AKA Donkey Skin (1970) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

The son of a rich Italian industrialist finds out how tough it is to leave the path society has set for him.

Corruption.aka.La.corruzione.1963.1080p.MUBI.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H.264-KUCHU.mkv

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Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1 h 19 min
Size: 	3.07 GiB
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Codec: 	x264
Resolution: 	1920x1080 
Aspect ratio:  	16:9
Frame rate: 	25.000 fps
Bit rate: 	5 211 kb/s
BPP: 	0.101
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#1:  	Italian 2.0ch AAC LC @ 320 kb/s

https://nitro.download/view/B6B6D60CF8B55B8/Corruption.aka.La.corruzione.1963.1080p.MUBI.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H.264-KUCHU.mkv

Language(s):Italian
Subtitles:English, Italian

The post Mauro Bolognini – La corruzione AKA Corruption (1963) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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“The Sleeping Car Murders is one of those French mystery films that makes you marvel at the flashy versatility of the detectives and the cinematographers of France. It is also a delightful showcase for the family of Simone Signoret. She, her husband and her daughter twinkle beguilingly. It shouldn’t be missed by anyone interested in theatrical genealogy.

…Mr. Gavras, who is hard on the trail of the New Wave, whips it up with a lot of camera trickery and an abundance of cinematic style. It races and pants like “Breathless,” it vibrates like “Alphaville.” And it ends in a chase that screams and screeches like something from the American “underground.” When it finally puts the finger on that mysterious character with the gun, it doesn’t make sense. But that’s not awful. It’s fast, it’s funny. And it’s quite a family film.” – BOSLEY CROWTHER, The New York Times March 8, 1966

Costa-Gavras - (1965) The Sleeping Car Murders.mkv

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Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1 h 28 min
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Aspect ratio:  	2.40:1
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https://nitro.download/view/09ADA0564CFC0E2/Costa-Gavras_-_(1965)_The_Sleeping_Car_Murders.mkv
https://nitro.download/view/2A837B6E5966AE7/Costa-Gavras_-_(1965)_The_Sleeping_Car_Murders.srt

Language(s):French
Subtitles:English

The post Costa-Gavras – Compartiment tueurs AKA The Sleeping Car Murders (1965) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Synopsis:
Unhappy women are being murdered by Emile, a psychotic young man suffering from the delusion that his acts are mercy killings.

Letrangleur.AKA.The.Strangler.1970.1080p.BluRay.x264-PTP.mkv

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Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1 h 36 min
Size: 	7.47 GiB
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Codec: 	x264
Resolution: 	1756x1078 ~> 1756x1097
Aspect ratio:  	16:10
Frame rate: 	24.000 fps
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https://nitro.download/view/6ABBA8653747F25/Letrangleur.AKA.The.Strangler.1970.1080p.BluRay.x264-PTP.mkv

Language(s):French
Subtitles:English, Spanish

The post Paul Vecchiali – L’étrangleur AKA The Strangler (1970) (HD) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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A chance remark leads three French naval officers to reminisce, together and privately, about the compelling young commander Willsdorf, nicknamed The Drummer Crab, recalling his exploits from the fog-shrouded rivers of Indochina to an attempted military coup in Algeria to his lonely, anonymous vigil in the North Atlantic fishing lanes nearby. Joseph Conrad would have loved this film, arguably the finest modern seafaring adventure ever made: a thoughtful and thrilling study of man versus the elements, where the past itself becomes an elemental force even more unyielding than the vivid Winter seascapes captured by Raoul Coutard’s breathtaking cinematography. In metaphor, Willsdorf’s fate is the fate of French colonialism, and only by pursuing his memory, through crashing waves and hissing spindrift, can his three erstwhile companions (a dying captain, a middle-aged medical officer, and a robust, veteran Chief Engineer) confront and endure their collective loss. This is a spellbinding film, rich in history and detail.

Pierre Schoendoerffer - (1977) Drummer-Crab.mkv

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Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	2 h 0 min
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#1:  	French 2.0ch AC-3 @ 192 kb/s

https://nitro.download/view/95B4E927736BCE5/Pierre_Schoendoerffer_-_(1977)_Drummer-Crab.mkv
https://nitro.download/view/E80E66882A46B54/Le_Crabe-Tambour_(1977).srt

Language(s):French
Subtitles:English

The post Pierre Schoendoerffer – Le Crabe-Tambour AKA Drummer-Crab (1977) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

During a televised debate on the Algerian war in the early 1980s, Professor Paulet denounced the methods of Captain Caron, killed in action in 1957. The widow of the captain, Patricia, decided to file a defamation suit.

2.98GB | 1h 59m | 964×576 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/08C9D1909E30294/L.honneur.d.un.capitaine.1982.576p.BluRay.AC3.x264.mkv
https://nitro.download/view/D6870AB4CC64222/L.honneur.d.un.capitaine.1982.576p.BluRay.AC3.x264.srt

Language(s):French
Subtitles:English,French

The post Pierre Schoendoerffer – L’honneur d’un capitaine AKA A Captain’s Honor (1982) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

In May 1978, the mining town of Kolwezi in Katanga, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo, the former Belgian Congo) is under attack from a group of communist guerillas coming from nearby Angola. The Europeans who work for the Belgian mining company and the Blacks who live in the town are taken as hostages by the invaders, who start a blood bath, shooting Europeans as well as Africans. Many of the Europeans being French, the French decide to organize a counter-attack, and to send a Regiment of Paratroopers from the Foreign Legion. The movie follows the stories of Delbart, a former non-commissioned officer, who was about to go back to France with his African wife and his child, Damrémont, who was Delbart’s replacement, Bia, a Zairian doctor, and Annie, an American married to a Belgian engineer as well as Non com Legion officer Federico and the French Ambassador and the Military Attaché.

1.71GB | 1h 39m | 921×576 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/3BA89483F989716/Operation_Leopard_(1980)_–_Raoul_Coutard.mkv
or
https://nitro.download/view/2AAA8B9DCE9FBAB/Operation_Leopard_(1980)_–_Raoul_Coutard.part1.rar
https://nitro.download/view/E8D7A110C26FB26/Operation_Leopard_(1980)_–_Raoul_Coutard.part2.rar

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

The post Raoul Coutard – La légion saute sur Kolwezi AKA Operation Leopard AKA Military Coup in Kolwezi (1980) first appeared on Cinema of the World.