1944. Several days before Finland pulls out of the war against the Soviet Union, Veikko, a Finnish sniper ( "Kukushka" in Finnish), is turned in by his Finnish and German compatriots for being a pacifist and, in their eyes, a would-be deserter. In prison he meets Ivan, a Captain in the Red Army, arrested because he was accused of anti-Soviet correspondence. The two manage to...
Françoise Barnier works as a cleaning lady in a slaughtery house. With her low pay she can't afford to buy meat for her daughters and all her extra job enquiries are refused. Christmas time is close and without knowing how, she steals some meat for 1500 francs. She can't explain why she did that to the police officers who arrested her. The film follows her journey through th...
Returning from a year up the Amazon studying snakes, the rich but unsophisticated Charles Pike, the heir to the Pike Ale fortune, meets Jean Harrington and her dad, "Colonel" Harrington, on a ship. Jean falls hard for Pike and shields him from her card sharp father, but when Pike's valet discovers the truth about her and her father, Pike dumps her. Furious at being scorned, ...
Michael Lamb, a young priest who teaches in a Roman Catholic institution for troubled boys on the Atlantic coast of Ireland, becomes responsible for a 10-year-old epileptic boy, Owen Kane. Michael has formed an attachment to Owen and he takes him with him to London when he decides to secretly leave the school. His escape will be seen as a scandalous kidnapping.
An elderly dollmaker works in his shop by the light of an oil-lamp.
An ironic, anthropological and attentive look at The Sassi di Matera, a picturesque and empty nativity which serves as a perfect backstage for the lives of the people who live there.
Asao can't deal with relationships with women. One morning, after having dreamt about a beautiful woman having sex in an expensive car, he convinces himself that women love men who own a car. So he decides to buy one, but contrary to all his expectations, he keeps being refused and the car crashes against a truck. After several humiliating and unsuccessful tries, Asao meets ...
Lola sings in a cabaret. She has a son and is waiting for Michel, her son's father, to come back. After seven years, Michel comes back rich, and leaves again with Lola and the kid. The stories of these lonely souls looking for love are told with elegance and tenderness. "Lola" is the debut film directed by Jacques Demy (a tribute to director Max Ophuls) and, thanks to its or...
A journey into the heart of a modern working-class suburb, Ponte di Nona, a few kilometers away from Rome. Sara and Neda lead us through the dynamics of power which influence the daily life of the inhabitants: neighborhoods condemned to decay and neglect, constructed without any infrastructure, public transportation or areas to gather in. The result is a movie which tells ab...
Alexandre, a young and idle man, lives in Paris with Marie, with whom he has an open relationship. He doesn't have any job, and he is quite proud of being a layabout. One day, while Marie is in London, he invites Veronika, a girl he was dating, to move to his place. When Marie comes back home, she seems indifferent to Alexandre's affair and the three start an unconventional ...
