среда, 28 декабря 2022 г.

Ram za sliku moje drage (1968)

 


Ram za sliku moje drage / Frame for the Picture of My Beloved One

Director: Mirza Idrizovic
Stars: Zoran Radmilovic, Dusica Zegarac, Mitar Zukovic, Snezana Niksic, Zaim Muzaferija, Vlajko Sparavalo, Pavle Vuisic, Bajro Ahmethodzic, G. Grahovac, Srdjan Jakovljevic, Rasim Kadric, Amra Mulic

Contemporary story about five boys who are trying to find their own way into the restricted world of adults.

Yugoslavia
In Serbo-Croatian, with English subs (.srt)
 

пятница, 23 декабря 2022 г.

Young Shoulders (1984)

 


Director: Silvio Narizzano
Stars: David Horovitch, Jennifer Piercey, Andrew Groves, Jemima Laing, Ian Collier, Meg Davies, Davyd Harries, Lucinda Curtis, Stephen Churchett

A cynical teenage boy re-evaluates his attitude to life and his parents after his sister is killed in a plane crash.

Part of BBC's Play for Today, first aired Feb 14, 1984

UK
In English
 

четверг, 22 декабря 2022 г.

Pretty Baby (1978)

 



Director: Louis Malle
Stars: Brooke Shields, Keith Carradine, Susan Sarandon, Frances Faye, Antonio Fargas, Matthew Anton, Von Eric Thomas, Diana Scarwid, Barbara Steele

Hattie, a New Orleans hooker, meets a photographer named Bellocq at her brothel one night and, after he photographs her, he befriends her 12-year-old daughter, Violet. When Violet is brought on as a working girl by her mother's madam and Hattie skips town to get married, Violet quickly loses her innocence and focuses on reuniting with Bellocq. But a life with Bellocq is compromised for Violet after her mother returns to town.

USA
In English, with English subs (VobSub)
 

вторник, 20 декабря 2022 г.

Nas avto (1962)

 


Nas avto / Our Car

Director & Writer: Frantisek Cáp
Stars: Rusa Bojc, Metka Bucar, Janez Cuk, Milan Srdoc, Dusan Stefanovic, Sonja Krajsek, Olga Bedjanic, Dusan Puh, Janez Albreht

A photographer decides to buy a car with the money he'll get for his prizewinning photo, but the postman brings only a diploma instead of money. Being subjected to the ridicule of their neighbors, his family decides to buy an used Buick, in spite of being against it at first. That would turn out to be a huge mistake, since the breakdowns are more often that they can afford.

Yugoslavia
In Slovenian, with Slovenian, Croatian & English subs (embed)
 

суббота, 17 декабря 2022 г.

Ambroise Paré (1968)

 


Directors: Eric Le Hung (part one), Jacques Trébouta (part two)
Stars: Didier Haudepin, Jean-François Poron, Noël Roquevert, François Chaumette, Claude Piéplu, Christian Lude, Jean-Louis Le Goff, Bernard Verley, Jean-Roger Caussimon

TV film in two parts devoted to the life of Ambroise Paré (1510-1590), father of modern surgery.

From Le théâtre de la jeunesse TV antology, first aired Apr 13, 1968

France
In French
 

понедельник, 12 декабря 2022 г.

Yôkai daisensô (2005)

 



Yôkai daisensô / 妖怪大戦争 / The Great Yokai War

Director: Takashi Miike
Stars: Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Hiroyuki Miyasako, Chiaki Kuriyama, Bunta Sugawara, Kaho Minami, Riko Narumi, Etsushi Toyokawa, Naoto Takenaka, Renji Ishibashi

A young boy moves to a small town after the divorce of his parents. At a local festival, he is picked to be that year's "Kirin Rider," a protector of all things good. He soon discovers that his new title is quite literal, as a nefarious spirit begins to wage war with the local yokai and human populations.

Japan
In Japanese, with English subs (embed)
 

среда, 7 декабря 2022 г.

Vampires (1979)

 


Director: John Goldschmidt
Cast: Peter Moran, Linda Beckett, Paul Moran, Tommy White, Jimmy Coleman, Bert Edgar, Vera Kelly, Paul Shane, Terri Griffin, Christine Moore, Margot Boyd, George Malpas, Phil Kernot, Gerard Riley, Janet Bond, John G. Heller

Brothers Stu and Davey, influenced by watching a horror film on television, are convinced that a vampire is at large in their local cemetery in Liverpool and they mean to capture him!

Part of BBC's Play for Today, first aired Jan 9, 1979

UK
In English
 

воскресенье, 4 декабря 2022 г.

Kazyonnyy dom (1989)

 


Казённый дом / Kazyonnyy dom / The Public House / The Institution

Director: Albert S. Mkrtchyan
Stars: Galina Polskikh, Nina Ruslanova, Vladimir Ilin, Yuliya Zhukova, Aleksey Sergievskiy, Aleksey Kolesov, Pavel Gayduchenko, Tamara Syomina, Vladimir Treshchalov, Yuriy Katin-Yartsev, German Kachin, Fred Nko, Natalya Chenchik

The action takes place in an orphanage where you can see everything: boys are hooligans, steal and sniff glue, the girls are prostitutes. During another sniffing session one of the boys dies and the staff tries to cover this incident.

Soviet Union
In Russian, with English subs (embed)
 

вторник, 29 ноября 2022 г.

Si le vent soulève les sables (2006)

 


Si le vent soulève les sables / Sounds of Sand

Director: Marion Hänsel
Stars: Issaka Sawadogo, Asma Nouman Aden, Carole Karemera, Saïd Abdallah Mohamed, Ahmed Ibrahim Mohamed, Moussa Assan, Emile Abossolo M'bo

The endless dry season has caused the village well to run dry. The livestock is dying. Trusting their instinct, most of the villagers leave and head south. Despite the threat of war, Rahne, the only literate one, decides to head east with his three children and his wife Mouna.

Belgium | France
In French, with English subs (embed)
 

понедельник, 28 ноября 2022 г.

O Fat White Woman (1971)

 


Director: Philip Saville
Cast: Maureen Pryor, Peter Jeffrey, William Relton, Simon Gipps-Kent, Alethea Charlton, Roger Hammond, Martin Bodley

The wife of a public school head becomes gradually aware that her husband has been physically abusing his pupils.

Part of BBC's Play for Today, first aired Nov 4, 1971

UK
In English
 

воскресенье, 27 ноября 2022 г.

Trobriand Cricket (1975)

 



Trobriand Cricket: An Ingenious Response to Colonialism

Directors: Gary Kildea & Jerry Leach

A documentary on how Papua New Guinea's have modified and incorporated their culture in the British game of Cricket.

UK
In English & Kilivila, with English hardsubs for non English parts
 

четверг, 24 ноября 2022 г.

Hände hoch (1942)

 



Hände hoch / Hands Up!

Director & Writer: Alfred Weidenmann
Stars: Erich Dunskus, Maria L. Fodorova, Johannes Schütz, Willy Witte

German boys at a Hitler Youth recreation camp in Slovakia find themselves bored and irritated when bad weather confines them to their quarters. Things brighten up when the police inform them that a pair of escaped convicts are in the area, and the boys determine to catch them.

Germany (Third Reich)
In German, with English hardsubs
 

вторник, 22 ноября 2022 г.

Yo ho ho (1981)

 



Director: Zako Heskiya
Stars: Kiril Variyski, Viktor Chouchkov, Iliya Penev, Anani Anev, Sonya Djulgerova, Kirill Kavadarkov, Georgi Bakhchevanov, Trifon Dzhonev, Boris Lukanov

A 10-year-old boy with a broken arm befriends a young, paraplegic actor in the hospital. Together, the two make up a pirate story in which they play the main roles.

Bulgaria
In Bulgarian, with English subs (.srt in the archive)
 

суббота, 19 ноября 2022 г.

Iratan e Iracema (1987)

 


Director: Paulo Guilherme d' Eça Leal
Stars: Paulo Cruz, Mónica Monteiro, Maria Helena d'Eça Leal, Carlos Wallenstein, Rita Rodrigues, João Malaquias, João D'Ávila

Whenever reality bothers them, which often happens, two siblings - Iratan and Iracema, on the threshold of adolescence - transform it, through fantasy, into something more interesting, more exciting.

TV series in 6 episodes, based on Olavo d'Eça Leal's story (1939).
Portugal, in Portuguese
 

четверг, 17 ноября 2022 г.

Le bel été 1914 (1996)

 



Le Bel ete 1914 / 1914 the Glorious Summer

Director: Christian de Chalonge
Stars: Claude Rich, Maria Pacôme, Hippolyte Girardot, Robinson Stévenin, Judith Henry, Marianne Denicourt, Philippe Torreton

A chateau in the French countryside is the setting for the story of the Mercadier family, who find that the presence of lodgers from Lyons in their summer retreat acts as a catalyst for a series of disruptions to their orderly, bourgeois lives. Based on a novel by Louis Aragon (1942).

France
In French, with English subs (.srt)
 

понедельник, 14 ноября 2022 г.

Leaving (1989)

 


Director: Sandy Johnson
Stars: Kenneth McFadyen, Gary Greer, Alan Summers, Alex Norton, Paul Young, Gerry Slevin, Hugh Ross, Sean Scanlan, Paul Hannaway, Marcus Railton, Maggie Bell, Gerard Kelly

Greenock, Scotland 1960: Nick, Gus and Jada are in their last weeks at school, aware that the decisions they make now will be crucial to their future.

BBC Screen Two s5e5, first aired Feb 5, 1989

UK
In English, with English subs (VobSub)
 

суббота, 12 ноября 2022 г.

Un bon petit diable (1961)

 


Director: Jean-Paul Carrère
Stars: Joël Flateau, Madeleine Clervanne, Michèle Bardollet, Catherine de Seynes, Josée Steiner, Jacques Fabbri, Pierre Leproux, Yves Arcanel, Henri Crémieux

Scotland, 1842. Charles, a mischievous boy, is taken in by his aunt after the death of his father. Mrs. MacMiche is mean, stingy and gullible. She beats up her nephew and seeks to get rid of him after stealing his inheritance. As soon as he can, Charles will find refuge with his cousins Juliette and Marianne. He can also count on the help of Betty, the maid. Based in the novel Un bon petit diable by Sophie de Ségur (1865).

Two episodes from Le théâtre de la jeunesse TV antology, first aired Dec 25, 1961

France
In French
 

воскресенье, 6 ноября 2022 г.

The Magic Toyshop (1987)

 



Director: David Wheatley
Stars: Caroline Milmoe, Tom Bell, Kilian McKenna, Gareth Bushill, Patricia Kerrigan, Lorcan Cranitch, Marlene Sidaway

After her parents are killed in a plane crash over the Grand Canyon, Melanie, a teenager girl and her younger brother and sister are sent to London to live with their uncle, Philip. He is a toy maker, secretly has the power to make his toys come to life, but he also maintains dictatorial control over his family and intends to exercise the same control over the new arrival. Adapted by Angela Carter from her own 1967 novel of the same name.

UK
In English
 

суббота, 29 октября 2022 г.

El ayel (2005)

 



El ayel / A Muslim Childhood

Director & Writer: Moumen Smihi
Stars: Abdesslam Begdouri, Nadia Alami, Said Amel, Bahija Hachami, Rim Taoud, Khouloud, Issam Fiyache

Part of a loose autobiographical trilogy, the film, shot in Smihi's hometown of Tangier, is a reminiscence of the past. It chronicles the childhood of Larbi Salmi, a reckless and confused 10 year old.

Morocco
In Arabic, with English hardsubs
 

понедельник, 24 октября 2022 г.

Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow (1963)

 



Director: James Neilson
Stars: Patrick McGoohan, George Cole, Tony Britton, Sean Scully, Michael Hordern, Geoffrey Keen, Kay Walsh, Eric Pohlmann

A poor 18th century English coastal farming community survives the King's ruinous taxes thanks to a smuggling ring created by its masked leader called the Scarecrow. The ring's success leads King George to order the Royal Army's General Pugh to capture and execute the ringleaders. It is a battle both of wits and action that the Scarecrow must win to save not only his own life but those of the men he leads while keeping the vital smuggling operation running.

Theatrical cut; full three episode TV version was posted here

UK
In English, with English subs (VobSub)
 

суббота, 22 октября 2022 г.

Ozen (2018)

 



Ozen / The River

Director & Writer: Emir Baigazin
Stars: Zhalgas Klanov, Zhasulan Userbayev, Ruslan Userbayev, Bagdaulet Sagindikov, Sultanali Zhaksybek, Kuandyk Kystykbayev, Aida Iliyaskyzy, Eric Tazabekov

A portrait of five brothers living on a farm on the Kazakh plains, where the sudden intrusion of the modern world brings corruption, temptation and deceit.

Kazakhstan
In Kazakh, with Spanish, Turkish & English subs (embed)
 

понедельник, 17 октября 2022 г.

¿Quién puede matar a un niño? (1976)

 



¿Quién puede matar a un niño? / Who Can Kill a Child? / Island of the Damned / Island of Death

Director: Narciso Ibáñez Serrador
Stars: Lewis Fiander, Prunella Ransome, Antonio Iranzo, Marisa Porcel, Luis Ciges, Aparicio Rivero, Fabián Conde

An English tourist couple rent a boat to visit the island of Almanzora, just off the southern Spanish coast. When they arrive, they find the island apparently empty of adults. There are only children, who don’t speak but just stare at the strangers with eerie smiles on their faces. The English couple soon discovers that all the islands children have been possessed by a mysterious force, a kind of madness which they can pass from one to another, and which makes them attack and murder their elders, who can’t defend themselves because, of course, nobody can kill a child.

Spain
In English & Spanish, with Spanish & English subs (embed)
 

четверг, 13 октября 2022 г.

The Hellfire Club (1961)

 



Directors: Robert S. Baker & Monty Berman
Stars: Keith Michell, Adrienne Corri, Peter Cushing, Peter Arne, Kai Fischer, David Lodge, Bill Owen, Miles Malleson, Martin Stephens, Tutte Lemkow, Rupert Osborne

Years after fleeing his ancestral home with his mother, Jason (Keith Mitchell) returns home to claim his birthright, only to find his way blocked by his evil cousin Thomas (Peter Arne). In order to reclaim his title, Jason must do battle with his cousin, who calls upon the members of the deadly Hellfire Club to stop him.

UK
In English (second audio)
 

вторник, 27 сентября 2022 г.

Monsieur Hawarden (1968)

 



Director: Harry Kümel
Stars: Ellen Vogel, Hilde Uitterlinden, Joan Remmelts, Dora van der Groen, Xander Fischer, Senne Rouffaer, Marielle Fiolet, John Lanting, Carola Gijsbers van Wijk

Monsieur Hawarden, accompanied by his beautiful maid Victorine, arrives to stay at a remote farmhouse in the Ardennes. The household retainers gossip about the newcomers and develop rivalries over Victorine which end in her death. Hawarden leaves for Spa and resumes 'his' true identity, that of Meriora Gillibrand, daughter of Viennese aristocrats, has a brief affair with an officer, and returns - as Hawarden again - to the French farm... Filmed with a cool, stylish elegance and an eye for period detail, this deliberately slow-paced film unfolds in the manner of a mystery story.

Netherlands | Belgium
In Dutch, with English subs (VobSub)
 

воскресенье, 25 сентября 2022 г.

Sans famille (1965)

 


Sans famille / Without Family

Director: Yannick Andréi
Stars: Bernard Jeantet, Michel Vitold, Andrée Tainsy, Marcel Pérès, Jacky Calatayud, Blanchette Brunoy, François Chaumette, Georgette Anys, Jacques Hilling, Paul Bonifas

An orphan, Rémi, is sold to a busker who takes the boy to a travel through the roads of the country with his troupe of animals.. Based on the novel by Hector Malot (1878).

Two episodes from Le théâtre de la jeunesse TV antology, first aired Dec 25, 1965

France
In French
 

суббота, 24 сентября 2022 г.

The Beastmaster (1982)

 



Director: Don Coscarelli
Stars: Marc Singer, Tanya Roberts, Rip Torn, John Amos, Joshua Milrad, Rod Loomis, Ben Hammer, Ralph Strait, Billy Jayne

He was the unborn crown prince of a family slaughtered by lords of evil. But when he grows to manhood, the warrior Dar embarks on a perilous journey to seek his revenge on the monstrous priest Maax. Now with the help of a cunning hunter, the love of a beautiful slave girl and the extraordinary ability to communicate with animals, Dar must battle his way through a wasteland of sorcery and black magic on the ultimate quest for freedom and vengeance.

United States | West Germany
In English, with commentaries in #2 & #3
 

четверг, 22 сентября 2022 г.

L'isola del tesoro (1987)

 




L'isola del tesoro / Treasure Island in Outer Space

Director: Antonio Margheriti
Stars: Anthony Quinn,Itaco Nardulli, Philippe Leroy, David Warbeck, Klaus Löwitsch, Ida Di Benedetto, Renato De Carmine, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Andy Luotto, Bobby Rhodes, Ernest Borgnine

This Italian TV sci-fi version of "Treasure Island" takes place in the year 2300. Instead of ships, there are spaceships, and instead of an island, there is a planet. This version also includes androids, laserweapons and skeletal remains of colossal space beasts.

Italy | West Germany
English dubbed, but some parts in German (in this special uncut version the  recaps preceding each episode are presented in their original German dialogue along with some brief scenes in each episode that were not dubbed for the English language release)
 

вторник, 20 сентября 2022 г.

Il brigante (1961)

 

Il brigante / The Brigand

Director: Renato Castellani
Stars: Francesco Seminario, Adelmo Di Fraia, Mario Ierardi, Serena Vergano, Anna Filippini, Giovanni Basile, Renato Terra

Michele Rende is both a town legend and a hot-tempered young man who is thrown in prison after being accused of a murder he did not commit. Unwilling to submit to trial, Michele escapes and heads up into the hills, from which vantage point he helps poor farmers to carry out the illegal acquisition of unused farm lands. A local boy, Nino has come to worship Michele like a real hero and later, Michele falls in love with Nino's sister. It is this last relationship that eventually leads to tragedy for all concerned.
Based on the novel with the same name by Giuseppe Berto.

Italy
In Italian, with English subs (.srt in the archive)
 

воскресенье, 18 сентября 2022 г.

Dream Boy (2008)

 




Director: James Bolton
Stars: Stephan Bender, Maximillian Roeg, Thomas Jay Ryan, Diana Scarwid, Tom Gilroy, Randy Wayne, Owen Beckman, Rooney Mara, Rickie Lee Jones

Chronicles the relationship between two gay teenagers in the rural south in the late '70s.

USA
In English, with English subs (embed)
 

среда, 7 сентября 2022 г.

Kopf hoch, Johannes! (1941)

 


Kopf hoch, Johannes! / Chin Up, Johannes!

Director: Viktor de Kowa
Stars: Albrecht Schoenhals, Dorothea Wieck, Klaus Detlef Sierck (Johannes), Gunnar Möller, Otto Gebühr, Hans Zesch-Ballot, Renée Stobrawa, Karl Dannemann, Leo Peukert

The fifteen year old Johannes, who grew up in South America, moves to his father's estate in Germany after the death of his mother. But since the bitter man and his introverted son can't seem to find any common ground, the father sends his son to an Hitlerjugend school to learn to become part of the community and to build a comradeship with his classmates. And in fact, Johannes becomes friends with another young HJ, Panse, and finally not only finds a place in the comunity, but is able to form a comradely bond to his father.

Germany (Third Reich)
In German, with English hardsubs
 

вторник, 30 августа 2022 г.

Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces (1990)

 



Asfour Stah / عصفور السطح / Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces

Director: Férid Boughedir
Stars: Selim Boughedir, Mustapha Adouani, Rabiah Ben-Abdullah, Mohamed Driss, Hélène Catzaras, Fatma Ben Saïdane, Jamel Sassi, Fethi Haddaoui, Issa Harrath

A coming-of-age comedy/drama set in Tunisia. Twelve-year-old Noura is an impressionable boy who must learn to reconcile two conflicting worlds - the loving world of Muslim women and the vastly different, harsher world of men - while also dealing with his own budding sexuality.

Tunisia
In Arabic, with English, French, Spanish & Russian subs (embed)
 

понедельник, 29 августа 2022 г.

Youm et les Longues Moustaches (1961)

 

No imdb

Director: Yves André Hubert
Stars: Melinda Benedek, Joël Flateau, Geymond Vital, Alice Reichen, Lucien Nat, Daniel Emilfork, Teddy Bilis, Jacky Moulière, Robert Murzeau, Jean Topart

In the 19th century, in China, the little Youm was entrusted by his father - who was to put himself at the service of the emperor - to the peasant Touen, in order to deceive the Long Moustaches, these brigands who had decided to kidnap the boy. When Mao-Kong, the leader of the brigands, discovers Youm, he decides to take him into his service, without knowing who he really is... Based in the play Youm et les longues moustaches by Georges Riquier.

Two episodes from Le théâtre de la jeunesse TV antology, first aired June 1, 1961

France
In French
 

суббота, 27 августа 2022 г.

Les amoureux (1994)

 


Les amoureux / Lovers

Director: Catherine Corsini
Stars: Nathalie Richard, Pascal Cervo, Olaf Lubaszenko, Loïc Maquin, Xavier Beauvois, Jean-Paul Dermont, Clovis Cornillac, Stéphane Jobert, Gérard Barreaux, Christine Vézinet, Maxime Dejodé, Isabelle Nanty, Vincent Grass

In a rural French town, a 15-year-old closeted gay boy breaks free from his idolization of his older and ostensibly free-wheeling half-sister, learning to trust himself and become independent.

France
In French, with English subs (.srt)
 

четверг, 25 августа 2022 г.

Rubber (2010)

 



Director & Writer: Quentin Dupieux
Stars: Stephen Spinella, Roxane Mesquida, Wings Hauser, Jack Plotnick, Ethan Cohn, Charley Koontz, Daniel Quinn, Devin Brochu, Hayley Holmes, Remy Thorne, Haley Ramm

A group of people gather in the California desert to watch a “film” set in the late 1990s featuring a sentient, homicidal car tire named Robert. The assembled crowd of onlookers watch as Robert becomes obsessed with a beautiful and mysterious woman and goes on a rampage through a desert town.

France
In English, with English & Spanish subs (embed)
 

понедельник, 22 августа 2022 г.

A Return to Salem's Lot (1987)

 



Director: Larry Cohen
Stars: Michael Moriarty, Samuel Fuller, Ricky Addison Reed, Andrew Duggan, Evelyn Keyes, Jill Gatsby, June Havoc, Ronee Blakley, James Dixon

A man and his son vacation to the quiet vampire populated town of Salem's Lot.

USA
In English, with English subs (embed)
 

воскресенье, 21 августа 2022 г.

Don Juan (1926)

 



Director: Alan Crosland
Stars: Jane Winton, John Roche, Warner Oland, John Barrymore, Philippe De Lacy, Myrna Loy, Mary Astor, Willard Louis, Gustav von Seyffertitz

In 16th-century Italy, devil-may-care playboy Don Juan runs afoul of the despotic Borgias.

USA
Silent movie with English intertitles
 

пятница, 19 августа 2022 г.

L'umanoide (1979)

 



L'umanoide / The Humanoid

Directors: Aldo Lado
Stars: Richard Kiel, Corinne Cléry, Leonard Mann, Ivan Rassimov, Massimo Serato, Marco Yeh, Arthur Kennedy, Barbara Bach, Venantino Venantini

Hoping to overthrow his brother as ruler of the planet Metropolis, the evil Graal enlists the help of the insane Dr. Kraspin, who has invented a chemical capable of turning an ordinary person into a perfect soldier. They test this chemical on the pilot Golob, turning the unsuspecting victim into a mindless but indestructible automaton possessing superhuman strength. The people of Metropolis must somehow outwit Graal before he can create an army of these soldiers, or their planet will be destroyed.

Italy
English dubbed + Italian original audio
 

воскресенье, 14 августа 2022 г.

Al-yazerli (1974)

 


Al-yazerli / اليازرلي

Director: Qais Al-Zubaidi
Stars: Abdallah Abbassi, Nadia Arsalan, Adnan Barakat, Mona Wassef

The film’s poetic, non-narrative structure simulates the fractured thoughts of a young boy who is forced to leave school and find work on the docks. Using minimal dialogue but evocative music and sounds, separate vignettes introduce characters the boy encounters in a single workday. The filmmaker explores the child’s vivid imaginary world while tangibly conveying the physical harshness and repressed sexuality of a life spent in poverty and manual labor. Based on a novella by Hanna Mina.

Syria | Iraq
In Arabic, with French & English subs (.srt)
 

воскресенье, 7 августа 2022 г.

La belle nivernaise (1966)

 


Director: Yves-André Hubert
Stars: Armand Meffre, André Valmy, Rosy Varte, Pascal Duc, François Gabriel, Corinne Armand, Edith Garnier, Lucien Hubert, René Alié, Lucien Raimbourg, Gilbert Guez

1880. Victor, a little abandoned Parisian, is adopted by Louveau. This gruff but affectionate sailor lives on his barge, the "Belle Nivernaise", with his wife and children. At first reluctant, Mme Louveau finally agreed to welcome Victor and he was initiated into the trade of a sailor. Years pass, but Victor's life will experience many upheavals. Based in the book La Belle Nivernaise by Alphonse Daudet (1886).

An episode from Le théâtre de la jeunesse TV antology, first aired Nov 19, 1966.

France
In French
 

среда, 3 августа 2022 г.

English subs for Nakimushi kozo (1938)

English subs for Nakimushi kozo aka Crybaby Apprentice (1938) have been added, enjoy!





Ani Ohev Otach Rosa (1972)

 


Ani Ohev Otach Rosa / אני אוהב אותך רוזה / I love you Rosa

Director & Writer: Moshé Mizrahi
Stars: Michal Bat-Adam,Gabi Otterman,Moshe Tal, Levana Finkelstein, Avner Hizkiyahu, Yosef Shiloach, Zivi Avramson, Yehuda Efroni, Etti Grotes

This story centers on the Jewish practice that requires an unmarried brother to marry the childless widow of his dead brother. In this story the younger brother is only 12 years old when his brother dies. The requirement is avoided by a legal fiction, but as time passes in the story, the situation changes.

Israel
In Hebrew, with English hardsubs + Russian subs (.srt) at opensubtitles
 

суббота, 30 июля 2022 г.

En Cuerpo y Alma (1951)

 


Director & Writer: Leopoldo Torres Ríos
Stars: Héctor Armendáriz, Hugo Balado, Cristina Berys, Armando Bo, Rolando Dumas, Oscar Furlong, Enrique Giacovino, Omar Mendoza, Eduardo Moyano, Alberto Orián, Jorge Pittaluga, Alberto Rinaldi, Washington Rivera, Virginia Romay, Julia Sandoval

Two basketball-loving children come to the confrontation, already big, for the love of a woman.

Argentina
In Spanish
 

пятница, 29 июля 2022 г.

Child of Rage (1992)

 



Director: Larry Peerce
Stars: Mel Harris, Dwight Schultz, Ashley Peldon, Rosanna DeSoto, Sam Gifaldi, Nan Martin, George D. Wallace, Louis Dupuis, Mariette Hartley, Johannah Newmarch

A priest and his wife adopt a brother and a sister, but the girl has terrible outbursts of rage. They get her in treatment and try to find out the reason for this.

USA
In English, with Chinese & English subs (embed)
 

среда, 27 июля 2022 г.

Les deux nigauds (1966)

 



Director: René Lucot
Stars: Denise Gence, Philippe Normand, Monique Tarbès, Georges Audoubert, Marc Dudicourt, Sylvia Declercq, Maryse Paillet, Jacques Hilling, Paul Azaïs

Simplicie and his brother Innocent are two teenagers from the Breton petty bourgeoisie who dream of living in Paris. After begging their parents, they leave to join their aunt in the capital, accompanied by their maid Prudence. How will Parisians welcome these two spoiled, smug and proud children? Based on the book Les Deux Nigauds by Comtesse de Segur (1863).

Two episodes from Le théâtre de la jeunesse TV antology, first aired Dec 25, 1966.

France
In French
 

суббота, 23 июля 2022 г.

Tsubasa no gaika (1942)




Tsubasa no gaika / 翼の凱歌 / A Triumph Of Wings

Director: Satsuo Yamamoto
Stars: Jôji Oka,Takako Irie, Ranko Hanai, Heihachirô Ôkawa, Seizaburô Kawazu, Takuzô Kumagai, Akio Kusama

A drama film produced during WW2 about a japanese fighter squadron and their families. Directed by Satsuo Yamamoto and co-written by Akira Kurosawa.

Japan
In Japanese, with English subs (.srt)