Movie List for "france"

Cameroonian filmmaker Bassek ba Kobhio provides a fascinating revisionist perspective on Albert Schweitzer, Noble Peace Prize winner and secular saint of the colonial era. Like FRANTZ FANON… Year 1995.

Unable to find the war he’s been asked to cover, a frustrated war correspondent takes the risky path of co-opting the identity of a dead arms-deal acquaintance. Year 1975.

In The Colonial Misunderstanding Jean-Marie Teno sheds light on the complex and problematic relationship between colonization and European missionaries on the African continent. The film looks at Christian evangelism as the forerunne Year 2004.

Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite Year 2013.

This second feature in Nacer Khemir’s “Desert Trilogy” is a visually ravishing folktale reminiscent of THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS. The story revolves around Hassan, who is studying Arabic calligraphy from a grand master. Coming acro Year 1991.

Antonio, a policeman (carabiniere), has an order to take two children (Rosetta and her brother Luciano) from Milan to Sicily to an orphanage. Their mother has been arrested for forcing Rosetta (11 years old) to work as a prostitute. Year 1992.

A trio of con-men led by a lonesome swindler must deal with their job and family pressures. Year 1955.

In the lead of the family comedy, we are watching award-winning actor Diego Abatantuono. Rich businessman Vincenzo realizes that he is not very interested in his children. But they are children who can not afford themselves economica Year 2015.

Matteo decides to take a trip across Italy to go visiting his five children. Year 1990.

During a slave revolt in 1844, a British mercenary helps an Antilles island colony gain its independence from Portugal, but years later he returns to manhunt a local rebel army leader and former friend. Year 1969.

A poet in love with Death follows his unhappy wife into the underworld. Year 1950.

Claude Lanzmann’s epic documentary recounts the story of the Holocaust through interviews with witnesses – perpetrators as well as survivors. Year 1985.

A historical epic set in 18th-century Kazakhstan, where a young man is destined to unite the country’s three warring tribes. Year 2005.

A money order from a relative in Paris throws the life of a Senegalese family man out of order. He deals with corruption, greed, problematic family members, the locals and the changing from his traditional way of living to a more mod Year 1968.

A bourgeois life in France at the onset of World War II, as the rich and their poor servants meet up at a French chateau. Year 1939.

In cold Lapland Finland, under the eternal midnight sun, two ardent lovers reunite once again after a long period apart, governed by a powerful and eloquent circular motif woven by destiny, faith, and love. Can they deny their destin Year 1998.