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YEATS COUNTRY (1965)

Jon W. — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 08:16:11 +0000

The first Irish film by cinematographer and director Patrick Carey celebrates the landscape of William Yeats’ poetry through stunning photography, narrated by Tom St. John Barry. Evocative images of the west of Ireland illustrate the poet’s life including Thoor Ballylee Castle where he lived, Coole Park, home of Lady Gregory where literary figures of the period socialised, Lissadell House, Knocknarea Mountain, the slopes of Ben Bulben, the waterfall at Glencar and finally Yeats’ grave at Drumcliffe.

Director: Patrick Carey.
Writer: Patrick Carey.
Stars: Tom St. John Barry, Alan Dell, Niall Toibin.

1965 Berlin International Film Festival – Winner of the Golden Bear for Best Short Film.
1966 Academy Awards – Nominated for an Oscar for Best Documentary, Short Subjects.

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L’APPAT (1995)

Jon W. — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 10:09:45 +0000

With the ambition to start a boutique overseas but without the means to do so, Nathalie finds herself in a desperate situation, where she would do anything to acquire what she needs. Along with her boyfriend, Eric, and his friend Bruno, she concocts a plan where she seduces clueless men and accompanies them to their places, then allows Eric and Bruno to break in. But the three soon encounter trouble after one of their schemes ends in murder.

Director: Bertrand Tavernier. AKA Fresh Bait
Stars: Marie Gillain, Olivier Sitruk, Bruno Putzulu, Richard Berry, Philippe Duclos, Marie Ravel, Clotilde Courau, Jean-Louis Richard, Jacky Nercessian, Jean-Paul Comart, Christophe Odent, Philippe Héliès, Alain Sarde, Daniel Russo, Philippe Torreton, François Berléand,

1995 Berlin International Film Festival – Winner of the Golden Bear.

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IL DIAVOLO (1963)

Jon W. — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 00:02:40 +0000

The daydreams of a provincial Italian husband just before his solo trip to Sweden provide the basis of this comedy. Naturally, things don’t go exactly as planned, but that is when all the fun begins.

Director: Gian Luigi Polidoro. AKA The Devil / To Bed or Not to Bed
Stars: Alberto Sordi, Bernhard Tarschys, Anne-Charlotte Sjöberg, Inger Sjostrand, Ulf Palme, Ulla Smidje, Barbo Wastenson, Gunilla Elm-Tornkvist, Lauritz Falk.

1963 Berlin International Film Festival – Winner of the Golden Bear.
1964 Golden Globes – Winner Best Actor – Comedy or Musical (Alberto Sordi).
1964 Golden Globes – Nominated for Best Foreign Film.

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LA COLMENA (1982)

Jon Whitehead — Sat, 30 Nov 2019 11:31:57 +0000

As in the novel of the same title from Camilo Jose Cela, “La Colmena” is a sad composition with the stories of many people in the Madrid of 1942, just the postwar of the Spanish civil war. The main theme of the film is the contrast between the poets, surviving close to misery under the Franco’s regime, and the winners of the war, the emerging class of the people that makes easy money with illegal business.

Director: Mario Camus.
Stars: Victoria Abril, Ana Belén, Concha Velasco, Francisco Rabal, Mario Pardo, Fiorella Faltoyano, José Sazatornil, José Luis López Vázquez, Mary Carrillo, José Bódalo, Charo López, Marta Fernández Muro, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, Elvira Quintillá, Luis Ciges, José Sacristán, Francisco Algora, Imanol Arias, Agustín González, Rafael Alonso, Antonio Resines.

1983 Berlin International Film Festival – Winner of the Golden Bear.
1983 Chicago International Film Festival – Nominated for the Gold Hugo.