Classic, landmark films in cinematic history.
Cellist Gaspard is living in a big house in the country with his son and three nieces. He likes being quiet. One day, his modest car bumps into a Rolls-Royce, driven by Felicia, a young, beautiful, wealthy and temperamental woman. And she knows it. She is very angry at him because he seems not to be under her charm. She decides to seduce him, but Gaspard did not feel like letting his life being invaded by such a woman.
The Bear and the Doll (1970) Read More
Helene Regnier’s husband Charles, who is mentally ill, injures their son Michel in a rage. Charles moves back in with his wealthy and manipulative parents, who blame Helene for their son’s condition and vow to win custody of Michel. While the boy is in hospital, Helene rents a room in a boarding house nearby. The Regniers hire Paul Thomas, a family acquaintance who needs money, to find dirt on Helene before the court hearing on custody.
La Rupture (1970) Read More
Is Paris Burning? movie storyline. Shortly after the failed 20 July plot to assassinate him in 1944, Adolf Hitler appoints General der Infanterie Dietrich von Choltitz as military governor of occupied Paris. Hitler believes Choltitz will obey his order that the Allies should not be allowed to capture Paris without the Germans destroying it completely, similar to the planned destruction of Warsaw.
Is Paris Burning? (1966) Read More
That Lucky Touch movie storyline. The generals are gathering for the NATO War Games in Belgium, so are the journalists and the salesmen. One of the first films to satirise NATO and the European Union in Brussels begins when a cynical arms dealer discovers he lives next door to an attractive pacifist from the ‘Washington Post’, whose best friend happens to be married to an American General.
That Lucky Touch (1975) Read More
Murder on the Orient Express storyline. Hoping for a well-deserved rest, the renowned Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, returns to England aboard the luxurious Orient Express.
Murder on the Orient Express (1974) Read More
The plot centers around a preteen boy with a speech impediment who goes to live with his abusive mother in England. He makes friends with the beautiful model (Britt Eklund) who lives upstairs and her French boyfriend (Jean Pierre Cassell). The boy suffers a psychotic break when he learns of the model’s death and ends up in a catatonic state in a mental institution where his speech therapist (Patricia Neal) tries to reach out to him.
Baxter! (1973) Read More