Jean Servais

  • Luis Buñuel – La fièvre monte à El Pao aka Fever Rises In El Pao (1959)

    1951-1960DramaJuan Luis BuñuelSpain

    In the fictitious island of Ojeda, people lives a dictatorship and the island is a penal colony with ordinary and political prisoners together. When the Governor Mariano Vargas is murdered by a sniper, his idealistic secretary Ramón Vázquez is assigned director of security in charge of the prison. Vázquez is in love with the widow Inés Rojas and they have a love affair. But when the new governor Alejandro Gual Miguel arrives in the island, he wants Inés to be his lover. Further he forces the killer to sign a false confession telling that Vázquez is the responsible for the attempt against the previous governor and blackmails Inés. But Inés is a female fatale that knows the political games and manipulations.Read More »

  • Eric Duvivier – La femme 100 têtes (1967)

    1961-1970Éric DuvivierExperimentalFranceShort Film

    Quote:
    This is a ‘free’ adaptation of Max Ernst’s collage book “La femme 100 têtes”, originally published in 1929.
    The book consisted of a surrealist picture per page, with a little legend. But the story depended on the ability of the reader to interpret the collages, and was not relying that much on the legends. The book was about a woman who was living among ghosts and ants, and was an allegory of the immaculate conception.Read More »

  • Patrick Jamain – L’affaire Crazy Capo aka The Crazy Capo Affair (1973)

    1971-1980CrimeFrancePatrick JamainThriller

    Quote:
    Jean Diserens has a double life: he is both a real estate developer and a drug dealer. He is looking for new ways to make money. But his superior, Crazy Capo, does not see things the same way.Read More »

  • Jesús Franco – Rififí en la ciudad AKA Rififi in the City (1963)

    1961-1970Film NoirJesus FrancoPoliticsSpain

    In an unnamed Central American state on the eve of a crucial election, a young police informer working for police officer Miguel Mora bent on uncovering the shady works of popular politician Maurice Leprince is killed. However, thugs working for Leprince began to be killed one by one as well…Read More »

  • Philippe de Broca – L’homme de Rio AKA That Man from Rio (1964)

    1961-1970ArthouseComedyFrancePhilippe de Broca

    Synopsis:
    Farce, spy spoof, and adventure. Swarthy thieves ignore jewels to steal an Amazon figurine from the Museum of Man in Paris’ Trocadero Palace and kidnap the world’s authority on the lost Maltec civilization. Cut to Agnes, the daughter of a murdered man who possessed one of two other such figurines. Moments after her sweetheart, Adrien, an Army private with a week’s leave, arrives in Paris to see her, Agnes too is kidnapped, drugged, and loaded on a plane to Rio. Adrien is in hot pursuit, and before he can rescue her (with the help of a shoeshine boy), foil the murderous thieves, and solve the riddle of the Maltecs, he must traverse Rio, Brasília, and the Amazon heartland… all before the end of his week’s leave.Read More »

  • Valerio Zurlini – Seduto alla sua destra AKA Black Jesus (1968)

    1961-1970DramaItalyPoliticsValerio Zurlini

    Synopsis:
    A Congo rebel leader is captured and imprisoned with two white felons in this 81-minute feature containing religious symbolism and condemnation of colonial exploitation. Maurice Lalubi is thrown in jail with a soldier and an Italian thief. The trio endures torture at the hands of their captors, while a newly formed military regime decides the fate of the insurgent. The entire horror of the confrontation is seen through his eyes throughout Lalubi’s interrogation and torture. His imminent demise could turn him into a martyr and spell trouble for the new government dictator in this sometimes violent film.Read More »

  • Jean Brismée – La Plus longue nuit du diable AKA The Devil’s Nightmare (1971)

    1971-1980GialloHorrorItalyJean Brismée

    Synopsis:
    Six of seven tourists in a east European castle overnight are victims of a helper of the devil. Is Satan willing to spare their souls?Read More »

  • Robert Darène – La cage (1963)

    1961-1970DramaFranceRobert Darène

    IMDB:
    After studying medicine in France ,David comes back to his native Gabon to treat his compatriots.He meets Oyana ,his former sweetheart ,and both laugh at the old-fashioned traditions .The young physician is sent to the bush where he is to vaccinate the somewhat reluctant population.He meets Rispal, a white man who tells him there are things he ignores in his own country where legends ,witches and superstitions abound.Most amazing thing,this embittered man has a wife,Isabelle ,a beautiful woman who wanders through the bush.Read More »

  • Yves Allégret – Une si jolie petite plage AKA Riptide (1949)

    Drama1941-1950FranceMysteryYves Allégret

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    Synopsis:

    ‘One rainy night, a stranger arrives in a nondescript seaside town and checks into a cheap hotel. All that is known about him is his name – Pierre – and everyone he meets is suspicious of him. He appears to know the area well; he seems to be in good health. But why is he here? Why is he so sad?’
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