пятница, 31 марта 2023 г.

Cible émouvante (1993)

 



Cible émouvante / Wild Target

Director & Writer: Pierre Salvadori
Stars: Jean Rochefort, Marie Trintignant, Guillaume Depardieu, Patachou, Wladimir Yordanoff, Serge Riaboukine, Charlie Nelson, Philippe Girard, Christophe Odent

An expensive and civilized hitman decides to retire and chooses a young man as his successor, but a beautiful, professional thief deters them from their murderous course.

France
In French, with English subs (.srt)
 

среда, 29 марта 2023 г.

School: A Film About Progressive Education (1939)

 


Director: Lee Dick

Portrait of a typical day at the progressive Hessian Hills School in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, with narration by the students. The documentary includes scenes of the children studying and participating in projects.

Short
USA, in English
 

вторник, 28 марта 2023 г.

The Boy with Green Hair (1948)

 



Director: Joseph Losey
Stars: Pat O'Brien, Dean Stockwell, Robert Ryan, Barbara Hale, Richard Lyon, Walter Catlett, Samuel S. Hinds, Regis Toomey, Johnny Calkins, Teddy Infuhr, Dwayne Hickman

This parable looks at public reaction when the hair of an American war orphan mysteriously turns green.

USA
In English
 

четверг, 23 марта 2023 г.

The Zookeeper (2001)

 



Director: Ralph Ziman
Stars: Sam Neill, Gina McKee, Javor Loznica, Ulrich Thomsen, Om Puri, Srdjan Simeonovich, Arnost Proschek, Mikulás Kren, Ilja Racek

In a city torn apart by civil war, a lone zookeeper struggles to keep himself and his animals safe.

Denmark | United Kingdom | Czech Republic | Netherlands
In English, with English subs (embed)
 

среда, 22 марта 2023 г.

The Nail: The Story of Joey Nardone (2009)

 


Director: James Quattrochi
Stars: Tony Luke Jr., Paul Orrantia, Tony Danza, William Forsythe, Leo Rossi, Billy Gallo, Dayanara Torres, Stink Fisher, Dean Marrazzo

Tony Luke, Jr. stars as Joey Nardone, an out-of-shape boxer, who - after 8 years in prison for an unfortunate accident - gets a shot at redemption by fighting for one young boys future 14 year old Jesus. Joey and Jesus begin a relationship that gives them both a new and inspired life with a purpose: to only fight for the right.

USA
In English (2nd audio)
 

суббота, 18 марта 2023 г.

De tripas, corazón (1996)



De tripas, corazón / Guts and Heart

Director & Writer: Antonio Urrutia
Stars: Elpidia Carrillo, Gael García Bernal, Martín Altomaro, Regina Orozco, Eraclio Zepeda, Socorro Bonilla, Eugenio Polgovsky

The coming-of-age story of young milk-boy Martín. While his friends Jesús and Roberto are cocky and apparently they have a lot of experience in sex, and boast about their supposed sexual experiences, he is shy, quiet and still virgin. Away from his friends, he dreams of the Meifer, the most beautiful girl in the local brothel. Everything changes when Jesús and Roberto want to prove they're men and go to a brothel without Martín.

Short
Mexico, in Spanish
 

пятница, 17 марта 2023 г.

Bratan (1991)

 


Bratan / Братан / Brother

Director: Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov
Stars: Timur Tursunov, Firus Sasaliyev, N. Arifova, I. Tabarova, N. Begmurodov, R. Kurbanov

Farukh and his little brother were raised by their grandmother in a remote village in Tajikistan, since the separation of their parents. One day, they decide to go back to their father, who is a doctor in a town near the Afghan border. Farukh intends to leave his brother at his father's before leaving. This is the story of their journey.

Soviet Union, Tajikistan
In Russian; with Russian (for Tajik speaking), German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch & English subs (embed)
 

вторник, 14 марта 2023 г.

Don't Let the Angels Fall (1969)

 



Director: George Kaczender
Stars: Arthur Hill, Sharon Acker, Charmion King, Jonathan Michaelson, Monique Mercure, Michèle Magny, Andrée Lachapelle

The lives of a businessman and his family begin to spiral downward after he has an affair at an insurance convention.

Canada
In English, with English subs (SDH)
 

вторник, 7 марта 2023 г.

La promesse de l'aube (2017)

 


La promesse de l'aube / Promise at Dawn

Director: Eric Barbier
Stars: Pierre Niney, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Pawel Puchalski, Némo Schiffman, Didier Bourdon, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Catherine McCormack, Finnegan Oldfield, Zoe Boyle

From his childhood in Poland to his adolescence in Nice to his years as a student in Paris and his tough training as a pilot during World War II, this tragi-comedy tells the romantic story of Romain Gary, one of the most famous French novelists and sole writer to have won the Goncourt Prize for French literature two times.

France
In French, with English subs (.srt)
 

суббота, 4 марта 2023 г.

Junge Adler (1944)



Director: Alfred Weidenmann
Stars: Willy Fritsch, Herbert Hübner, Dietmar Schönherr, Hardy Krüger, Gerta Böttcher, Gunnar Möller, Albert Florath, Karl Dannemann, Hans-Joachim Möbis

Propagandist coming-of-age drama from Nazi Germany. The head of an aircraft factory sends his irresponsible son Theo, who crashed his car, to the factory's apprentice school, where he bonds with fellow student Baumchen and teacher Roth.

Germany (Third Reich)
In German
 

четверг, 2 марта 2023 г.

Promise at Dawn (1970)

 



La Promesse de L'aube / Promise at Dawn

Director: Jules Dassin
Stars: Melina Mercouri, Assi Dayan, François Raffoul, Didier Haudepin, Despo Diamantidou, Jean Martin, Fernand Gravey, Elspeth March, Maria Machado

Former Russian silent film star Nina abandons her career to care for her young son, Romain; on her own, the devoted mother forfeits her own happiness to ensure the boy grows to be a self-sufficient man. 
Based on the 1960 novel La Promesse de l'aube by Romain Gary.

France | USA
In English