The film is loosely based on the life of Andrei Rublev (1370-1430), the great 15th-century Russian icon painter and is set during the turbulent period following the Mongol invasion of Russia. Andrej is a young monk, a iconographer, wandering to look for a job around churches and monasteries in Russia. He is convinced that in his life there is only space for art and religion....
Anna, an American nanny is employed by a rich Spanish family to take care of three girls. On the isolated country estate, Anna meets the three family men who embody the stereotypes of the Francoist Spain. Like three wolves, the three men encircle Anna reflecting the oppression of the army, the religion and the family. The film was screened at the festival of Cannes in 1973.
The film tells about the daily lives of young children in Thiers, France. Patrick, thirteen years old, struggles through his first sentimental fervors, while other kids experience their own small dramas: Grégory falls from the window and gets away unharmed, Sylvie, reprimanded for whining, asks for help from all her neighbours, the brothers Deluca get into trouble trying to...
In Arcadia, you trust no one. The world is under siege, and for Gavin's mum, even breakfast would be a trap. When Gavin says he's going out, his parents suspect the worst. The have no doubts he will become a criminal. Yet Arcadia is not like our world and nobody can imagine what kind of criminal Gavin is, not even Gavin himself.
One night, Abed, a young Palestinian, enters illegally West Jerusalem passing through the sewage pipe under the wall dividing the city. He works in a restaurant with Claudia, the main character of the anecdote, half a dream half a story, which he tells to entertain his collegues while they smoke the last cigarette of the evening. A day when the restaurant was closed, he deci...
Vincent, an honest worker, deals unwittingly a counterfeit 500 francs note. The real guilty parties report him and he ends up in prison. When he comes out, he finds himself alone. His daughter is dead and his wife left him. He is hosted by an old lady, but he ends up killing her and the others guests and then surrenders to the police. Inspired by L. Tolstoj's short story "Th...
Sky, plants. Some children play pretending to shoot the planes landing. A pilot calls home: no answer. Miguel is taking a bath: the day after tomorrow it is his 7th birthday. Miguel has never met his father. The pilot lives in the next-door apartment and he argues often with his wife. Miguel receives some birthday presents, amongst which a kite. His father is released for go...
Young cello student (Audrey Hepburn), daughter of a private detective (Maurice Chevalier), falls in love with one of the persons under surveillance, the American playboy Frank Flannagan (Gary Cooper), who is widely liked by the ladies in Paris. Arianna saves Frank from a jealous husband and gets to know him better. She introduces herself like an experienced woman and she pl...
L’infanzia, la vita e la morte di Balthazar, asino nato fra i pastori. Acquistato appena nato per rallegrare l’estate dei figli di una famiglia borghese, viene rifiutato e rivenduto l’anno successivo perché è diventato grosso e irsuto. Iniziano per Balthazar le vicissitudini che lo porteranno, ignaro, a confrontarsi con gli uomini.
Discharged from the army as unfit, Antoine Doinel looks for his place in the world dealing with different work and tries to re-establish a relationship with his former girlfriend, Christine, without any success. After a short experience as concierge, he finds a job as private detective and takes a fancy to a woman he has under surveillance. In between shadowing and investiga...
