Classic, landmark films in cinematic history.
Pierrot le Fou movie storyline. Ferdinand Griffon (Jean-Paul Belmondo), married to a wealthy Italian wife, has recently been fired from the television station where he worked. His wife forces him to go to a party at the home of her influential father, who wants to introduce him to a potential employer. Her brother brings babysitter Marianne Renoir (Anna Karina) to take care of their children.
Pierrot le Fou (1965) Read More
Atlantic City is a place where people go to realize their dreams, the promise of the future manifested by the demolition of the old crumbling buildings to be replaced by new hotels and casinos.
Atlantic City (1980) Read More
Every Man for Himself (Sauve Qui Peut (la Vie), a pessimistic but visually stunning film, marks Jean-Luc Godard’s return to cinema after having spent the 70s working in video.
Every Man for Himself (1980) Read More
My Name is Ivan movie storyline. It’s the middle of WWII in Russia. Orphaned pre-teen Ivan Bondarev does reconnaissance work for the military. He is able to get through small cracks where adults could not, both because of his small physical size and the fact that no one would suspect a boy of doing such work.
My Name is Ivan (1962) Read More
Ophelia movie storyline. After the death of his father, the weirdo Yvan Lesurf believes his mother Claudia Lesurf and his uncle Adrien Lesurf have poisoned him since they got married to each other. Completely disturbed and insane, the cruel Yvan decides to make a film based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet to expose the wealthy Claudia and Adrien to their friends in their community. He also calls his sweetheart Lucie Ophélia in a tragedy foretold.
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Le Voyou movie storyline. Simon (Jean-Louis Trintignant), known as “the Swiss”, a gangster escaped from prison takes refuge in a cinema, where in order to escape the police gaze, he forces a spectator named Janine (Danièle Delorme) to kiss him; she agrees to host him, at first with reluctance, then with pleasure.
Le Voyou (1970) Read More
A Generation movie storyline. 1942 in Nazi occupied Poland. Stach lives with his mother in a shanty town outside Warsaw. When he starts working as an apprentice in a small workshop in the nearby suburb, a middle-aged craftsman approaches him. The man is a secret Communist leader, known as Comrade Sekula.
A Generation (1955) Read More
Dreams movie storyline. In Stockholm, the fashion photographer Susanne Frank misses her married lover Henrik Lobelius that lives in Gothenburg with his wife and children, and the naive twenty years old model Doris has a troubled relationship with her boy friend Palle Palt. Susanne schedules a session of photo shoots in Gothenburg with Doris, and once there, she calls Henrik for an encounter.
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Don’t Make Waves movie storyline. New York tourist Carlo Cofield (Tony Curtis) falls asleep on a Southern California beach on his first night in the West and wakes up to The New Phantasmagoria–catamarans, surfers (including a dog), bodybuilders, acrobats, motorcycle chicken races, a nut fishing in the shallows…
Don’t Make Waves (1967) Read More
Small Change movie storyline. In the town of Thiers, summer of 1976, teachers and parents give their children skills, love, and attention. A teacher has his first child, a single mother hopes to meet Mr. Right, another mom reaches out to Patrick, a motherless lad who is just discovering the opposite sex.
Small Change (1976) Read More