Nino Constantini

  • Jean Epstein – Six et demi onze (1927)

    France1921-1930DramaJean EpsteinSilent

    Female infidelity leads a man, Jean, to commit suicide. When he is dead his brother, Jerôme, starts having an affair with the same woman, Mary. But… there is a photography left of her first brother, who the second is getting closer to finding – hence the title (6,5 X 11 – an film negative format).Read More »

  • Jean Epstein – Mauprat (1926)

    Jean Epstein1921-1930DramaFranceSilent
    Mauprat (1926)
    Mauprat (1926)

    Set before the French Revolution, the film tells the story of Bernard De Mauprat, a noble orphan, raised by despicable aristocrats, who is saved from the gallows by his cousin Edmée and his father, the knight Hubert De Mauprat. The return of Bernard causes tensions within Mauprat’s family since him tries to win the heart of his cousin Edmée (Knight of La Marche’s fiancée) after obtaining her pledge of loyalty under a certain threat of rape.Read More »

  • Jean Epstein – Sa tête (1929)

    1921-1930DramaFranceJean EpsteinSilent

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    Jean Bernard, industrial designer, is an only child and has lost his father. He is in love with Blanche Dumas, secretary to a bank manager. One day, he visits his mother who lives in the small village of Livilliers and spends the night there. The next morning, police arrive to arrest him. His mother does not understand what he is accused of and will discover that he would have murdered the banker who was making advances to Blanche.Read More »

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