Victory March

Victory March (1976)

The drawbacks and difficulties of military life are explored in this film. Paolo Passeri is a college graduate, somewhat spoiled, somewhat effete, who finds himself in an officer training program under the stern martinet, Captain Asciutto. He gradually becomes acclimated to the military mind-set, and when the Captain’s wife decides to take a romantic interest in him, he does not report her dangerous peculiarities to anyone.

Mariages!

Mariages! (2004)

June 11, 2023

A wedding is an opportunity for three couples of different generations to question commitment and the strength of love.

Ménage

Ménage (1986) aka Tenue de soirée

A bisexual petty criminal named Bob encounters a married couple arguing in a bar. Bob breaks up the fight and proceeds to seduce first the wife and then the husband. Then Bob teaches the couple how to be burglars and they join him in his criminal exploits. If you’re renting Ménage for your evening movie, you’re probably expecting exactly what the title promises. Good news, you’ll get it! In this French flick, Michel Blanc and […]

Entre Nous

Entre Nous (1983)

February 14, 2021

In 1942 in occupied France, a Jewish refugee marries a soldier to escape deportation to Germany. Meanwhile a wealthy art student loses her first husband to a stray Resistance bullet; at the Liberation she meets an actor, gets pregnant, and marries him. Lena and Madeleine meet at their offsprings’s school in Lyon in 1952 and the intensity of their relationship strains both their marriages to the breaking point.

Going Places

Going Places

November 8, 2017

Two whimsical, aimless thugs harass and assault women, steal, mu..er, and alternately charm, fight, or sprint their way out of trouble. They take whatever the bourgeois characters value: whether it’s cars, peace of mind, or daughters. Marie-Ange, a jaded, passive hairdresser, joins them as lover, cook, and mother confessor. She’s on her own search for seemingly unattainable sexual pleasure.