Author Archive
Vincere (2009)
Staring: 
Giovanna Mezzogiorno
Milan 1914. Mussolini is a socialist union organizer loudly asserting God nonexistence. He meets the beautiful Ida Dasler. She is attracted to the demagogue and his larger-than-life personality. When Ida sells all her possessions
to fund her lovers newspaper, the rise of fascism is set into play. Ida has a son, Benito, and a still-missing marriage certificate but soon she learns her husband has married Rachele Guidi. From then on, Mussoini distances himself from Ida and ensures she and her son are kept away. At first subjected to near house arrest at her sisters home, Ida is then thrown into an insane asylum where she furiously write to Mussolini, the Pope and others demanding her marriage to be recognized.
Fureur (2003)
Staring:
Yu Nan
A Romeo and Juliet against a backdrop of contemporary immigrant communities, of boxing, inescapable destiny, but also a love stronger than anything. Paris, Chinatown. Manu is a young Thai boxing champion. On the death of his parents, exiles from Spain, his older brother, Raphael, gave up boxing to deal with the family garage. Manu and may pursue a promising career. Chinh, a young Chinese arrived in France a few years ago, is engaged to Tony, heir to a wealthy family. His elder brother, Noi, just join in France. Raphael Chinh and fall madly in love, making Tony mad with jealousy. On the occasion of a fight clandestine Noi and manu, who do not know, confront, Noi will kill Manu. Like Romeo and Juliet, love becomes impossible. Raphael, not carried its fury will want revenge. But this time love will triumph.
The Buddha of Suburbia (1993)
Staring:
Jemma Redgrave
In the new tradition of “Tales of the City,” this long, complex British satire profiles a decade in the life of a British family. The story opens in a South London suburb where main protagonist Karim Amir lives with his Indian father, Haroon, and his English mother during the 1970′s. Haroon is a civil servant who makes extra cash, and gains notoriety for teaching “Eastern Philosophies,” of which he knows nothing. Still, as Buddhism is in fashion, people pay him a bundle to hear his vapid, happy ramblings. When not preaching, Haroon is trysting with a rich follower, Eva Kay. Karim’s mother learns of the affair and leaves with his younger brother. Karim stays with his father and his new love. He begins a career on the stage. The story also follows Charlie, Eva’s boy as he aspires to become a rocker. Other plots and subplots abound in this film.
Whatever It Takes tv (2009)
Staring:
Amy Beth Hayes
Policewoman Daisy Cockram wins a radio contest, a weekend in London. In a club she meets married footballer.
La dame de Monsoreau (2008)
Staring:
Esther Nubiola
Sarah-Laure Estragnat
Morgane Maisonneuve
Diane of Meridor, aged 23 years, lives a happy country life with her father. For the first time, Diana has her coming out ball, organized by the count of Monsoreau, who, in spite of being much older than her, wants to make her his wife, having a possessive and jealous love for the young woman. The duke of Anjou takes Diana in the ball, and tries to abuse of her exercising his prerogatives of being the brother of the king. Monsoreau will take advantage of this fact in his favor, and kidnaps de lady. He explains her father that Duke of Anjou, a known seducer, has kidnapped her. In order to safe her honor, he offers to marry her. Her father consents to it, with his heart broken by his sorrow. Diana of Meridor is forced to marry the damnable count of Monsoreau. Since then, she will know the Court and will live closely the various plots to betray the king, and discovers all around her the awful taste of deceit, jealousy, betrayal and intrigues of the Court. There is only one man capable of making her keeping her faith in life..
Antichrist (2009)
Staring:
Charlotte Gainsbourg
A couple lose their young son when he falls out the window while they have sex in the other room. The mothers grief consigns her to hospital, but her therapist husband brings her home intent on treating her depression himself. To confront her fears they go to stay at their remote cabin in the woods, Eden, where something untold happened the previous summer. Told in four chapters with a prologue and epilogue, the film details acts of lustful cruelty as the man and woman unfold the darker side of nature outside and within.
Crustacés et coquillages (2005)
Staring:
Valeria Tedeschi Bruni
Sabrina Seyvecou
A family comprising of a father, mother, daughter and son head to the south of France for summer vacation. Charlys friend, Martin joins them. He is gay and has a crush on Charly. Charlys mother, Beatrix, thinks Charly is gay and having an affair with Martin. Charlys father is somewhat bothered by this and by the open sexuality in the family.
Skeleton Crew (2009)
Staring:
Anna Alkiomaa
Riikka Niemi
Rita Suomalainen
In the Early 1970 s a remote mental institution next to the Russian border was shut down by the police. Before it was closed, DR Anderson made a series of snuff films using his patients. The doctor filmed all the murders in 8mm, and started to call himself The Auteur. Thirty years later, an American film crew arrives in Finland to shoot a horror movie about the massacre, and are unaware that they are about to become the stars of their director’s real life snuff film, they are in one. The Auteur is slaying the Skeleton Crew one by one.
Meurtrières (2006)
Staring:
Céline Sallette
Hande Kodja
Nina and Lizzy meet at the mental institution they are committed to. Nina , who feels guilty for her fathers death, has been depressed since the tragic event. As for Lizzy, a slightly unbalanced girl, she has been confined there after a suicide attempt. One Saturday night, Lizzy persuades Nina to sneak out of the clinic to paint the city red with her boyfriend Malik and their common friends. But things do not go according to plan. Not at all.
Män som hatar kvinnor (2009)
Staring:
Noomi Rapace
Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson’s novel about a journalist and a young female hacker.
In the opening of the movie, Mikael Blomkvist, a middle-aged publisher for the magazine Millennium, loses a libel case brought by corrupt Swedish industrialist Hans-Erik Wennerstrm. Nevertheless, he is hired by Henrik Vanger, the aged former CEO of a group of companies owned by a wealthy dynasty, in order to solve a cold case the disappearance, some forty years previously, of Vanger’s niece when she was sixteen. Lisbeth Salander is a punk computer hacker.Due to problems in her youth she has a curator controlling her money. She needs a new computer, but in order to get it he forces her to have sex with him repeatedly, and with increasing brutality; he threatens to get her into trouble if she tells on him. However, she secretly films the second incident, and later takes revenge by hitting him with a golf stick, undressing him, and tatooing on his chest that he is a rapist. She threatens to reveal the tape to authorities if he does not write favorable reports about her. By accident she meets Blomkvist and helps him with the investigation. Blomkvist is almost killed by a serial killer, but Salander saves him. Finally they discover that the missing woman is alive, in Australia. After they visit her she decides to return, and reunite with Vanger
Los abrazos rotos (2009)
Staring:
Penélope Cruz
Kira Miró
Harry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back. He was then still known by his real name, Mateo Blanco, and directing his last movie.
Satansbraten (1976)
Staring:
Katherina Buchhammer
Y Lo Sa
Walter, a German anarchist poet, is short of money after his publisher refuses to give him an advance. He tries various ways of raising money, including shooting one of his mistresses and relying on the life savings of a woman from the country who is fanatically devoted to him. He also has to contend with his long-suffering wife, his fly-obsessed crazy brother, his other mistress and a police murder investigation.
Byleth – il demone dell’incesto (1972)
Staring:
Various –
Claudia Gravy
Bruna Beani
Silvana Pomilli
A boy is possessed by Byleth, the demon of the incest. He wants to madly love his sister, but his tragic end will be the natural epilogue of this morbid tale.
Fraternity House (2008)
Staring:
Various –
Lauer Chelin
Katherine Gibson
Fraternity House is a 24 hour look inside fraternity life. Set on the last day of the school year graduating seniors Jake and Evan have one day to figure out how to stay on campus for a fifth year. With the help of 8th year senior and fraternity legend Greg “Fossil” Karanowski they constantly get themselves into more and more trouble. Throughout the day we see a 6am pajama party, strip poker, drinking games, and the most intense pledging ever seen on film.
