אנייס ורדה בת ה-90, מקסימה כתמיד וחדה כתער, תופסת את מקומה על הבמה. צלמת זוכה פרסים, אמנית שהציגה תערוכות בכל רחבי העולם, דוקומנטריסטית מחוננת וצלע חשובה בייסודו של הגל החדש של הקולנוע הצרפתי – אנייס ורדה היא יותר מעוד יוצרת רגילה. לא מוגזם יהיה להגדירה כנכס לאומי של הרפובליקה הצרפתית, וזאת למרות שיצירותיה במשך השנים מתהדרות ברוח מרדנית ואנטי ממסדית ששברה כל תקרת זכוכית אפשרית שעמדה בדרכה. היא לוקחת את המיקרופון בידיה וחולקת עמנו את סיפור חייה, סודות היצירה שלה והשקפת עולמה הייחודית. היא נעזרת בקטעי ארכיון ובקליפים נבחרים מיצירות המופת שביימה במשך השנים. אך, חשוב היה לה להדגיש, זהו איננו סרט שמתרפק על העבר – כמות לא מבוטלת של חומרים חדשים שצלמה בשנה האחרונה כלולים גם הם בתוך החבילה הלא שגרתית הזאת. "ורדה על אנייס" אמנם מסכם חיים, אך גם חוגג אותם במלוא הדרם.
From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen takes viewers on a whirlwind tour through the metropolis' real and cinematic history, investigating the myriad stories and legends that have come to define it, and meticulously, judiciously revealing the real city that lives beneath.
In Laos, 1954, eight days before the french defeat in the Indochina war, the 317th platoon – four french soldiers and 41 laotian combatants – has been ordered to leave its outpost and to retreat for the plains of Diên Biên Phu, where the french army is getting stucked. Led by the inexperienced and idealistic sous-lieutenant Torrens, fresh out of the military academy, and by adjutant Willsdorf, a WWII veteran of the Werhmacht, the group must cross 150 kilometers of jungle. But dripping rainwater, hostile nature, and the Viêt-minh ambushes expose them to constant danger.
Hicran runs away from home when she is forced into an engagement with Rıza by her father. Rıza, who thinks that Hicran doesn't want to be with him, doesn't care at first. But when it begins to bother him, he decides to confront the situation and embarks on a long search for her in Istanbul.
Sacha Guitry exchanges his usual top hat for a uniform in Désiré, playing a cavalier valet embroiled in an awkward flirtation with his new employer (played by the actor-director's real-life wife, Jacqueline Delubac), who is involved with a stuffy politician. A carefree class farce filled with memorable supporting characters, Désiré blurs the distinction between upstairs and downstairs.
A student is devastated when he finds that his girlfriend is cheating on him. In order to find out why she did it, he decides to spy on her and her airline pilot lover. Then he sees the pilot with a blonde woman and he begins to follow them…
The intertwined lives of two women in 1970s France, set against the progress of the women's movement in which Agnes Varda was involved. Pomme and Suzanne meet when Pomme helps Suzanne obtain an abortion after a third pregnancy which she cannot afford. They lose contact but meet again ten years later. Pomme has become an unconventional singer, Suzanne a serious community worker - despite the contrast they remain friends and share in the various dramas of each others' lives, in the process affirming their different female identities.
Early new wave effort from Rohmer, which was the first of his six moral tales. It concerns a young man who approaches a girl in the street, but after several days without seeing her again, he becomes involved with the girl in the local bakery. Eventually, he has to choose between them when he arranges dates with them on the same day.
The life of Camille Claudel, a French sculptor who becomes the apprentice of Auguste Rodin and later his lover. Her passion for her art and Rodin drive her further away from reason and rationality.
A young girl with a physical disability arrives in Dakar and challenges the convention of boys selling newspapers on the street.
After answering an ad on a dating website for Eastern European women, Olla leaves Ukraine and heads to French suburbia to move in with Pierre, who lives with his elderly mother. However, the suburbia cannot temper her desires, and nothing goes as expected.
The classic tale of Dante's journey through hell, loosely adapted from the Divine Comedy and inspired by the illustrations of Gustav Doré. This historically important film stands as the first feature from Italy and the oldest fully-surviving feature in the world, and boasts beautiful sets and special effects that stand above other cinema of the era.
What does being a woman really mean? How do women live the status society reserves for them? A group of women, beautiful or not, young or not, gifted with motherly instinct or not, answer before Agnès Varda's camera.
In the short break between performances in Calais, stage actress Alix makes a quick escape to Paris. On the train she meets a mysterious English stranger and, for the most fleeting of afternoons, imagines what the future could hold down a different road.
Two young people leave city life for the simplicity of life in the province. Unfortunately, the beach they are going to live next to is being polluted by a local factory.
A documentary about the making of The Long Good Friday, including interviews with John Mackenzie, stars Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, producer Barry Hanson and Phil Meheux.
A wounded bank robber takes over his brother's home.
Daniel is respected by his village community as long as he bravely supports the fight for their affairs. He is in love with the boy next door, Olek, who is not ready to reveal his sexual identity. Their relationship develops in secret. When a teenage friend can no longer take homophobic attacks and commits a suicide, Daniel tries to convince the villagers to organise a service of the Stations of the Cross together for the intention of the victim.
שר התעמולה הנאצי יוזף גבלס שוכר את שירותיו של השחקן המוערך ביותר בגרמניה כדי שזה יעזור למנהיג הרייך השלישי להתכונן לנאום חשוב.
A confrontation between two swimmers in a locker room.