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Climates (2006)Iklimler
"Climates" is an existentialist epic that acutely observes a disintegrating relationship with an intense, unflinching eye over the course of three seasons. Acclaimed Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan writes, directs and stars along with his wife Ebru Ceylan as a couple in pursuit of a happiness that no longer belongs to them. Brilliantly acted and stunningly photographed, 'Climates' is moving, painfully honest and riveting cinema from a masterly director at the height of his powers. - Director:
- Nuri Bilge Ceylan
- Cast:
- Ebru Ceylan, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Nazan Kesal
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Never on Sunday (1960)Pote Tin Kyriaki
Glasses are smashing, fingers are snapping and everyone's dancing to the sultry music of the bouzoukies! It's just another glorious moment in the carefree world of Illia (Melina Mercouri), Greece's most radiant lady of the night. Sensuous Illia adores her life, and every man in her seaport paradise adores her. But when Homer (Jules Dassin), a stuffy American intellectual, sails into town and tries to reform her, Illia shows him that she's one free spirit who's happy with her wild life and not about to be tamed. - Director:
- Jules Dassin
- Cast:
- Melina Mercouri, Jules Dassin, Giorgos Foundas
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The Sicilian Clan (1969)Le clan des Siciliens
When aging Sicilian mobster Vittotio Manalese (Jean Gabin) springs master thief and hit man Roger Sartet (Alain Delon) from prison, he's not doing it for his health. Manalese pulls off the prison break so that Sartet will help him pull off his most ambitious heist yet - hijacking a New York-bound plane transporting 50 million dollars in jewels! But after the audacious crime, Sartet betrays Manalese's trust by romancing the old man's seductive daughter-in-law. The two crime partners become engaged in a tense game of cat-and-mouse...a no-holds barred battle of wit and bravado that will hold you captive and not let you go! - Director:
- Henri Verneuil
- Cast:
- Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Lino Ventura
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"Pandora and the Flying Dutchman" is writer, producer and director Albert Lewin's lushly romantic visualisation of the often-told legend of the sea. A glamorous Ava Gardner is Pandora, who falls hard for the charismatic James Mason as Hendrik, a 17th-century seaman eternally condemned to sail the oceans. - Director:
- Albert Lewin
- Cast:
- James Mason, Ava Gardner, Nigel Patrick
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Stationed in England during World War II, Buzz Rickson (Steve McQueen) is the bravest Air Force pilot in his squadron - and the most reckless. His maniacal quest for thrills takes him to the brink of destruction during the B-17 bombing raids on Germany. But while Buzz's daredevil heroics win the grudging respect of his crew, his rebellious attitude alienates everyone, except his co-pilot, Ed Bolland (Robert Wagner). Ultimately, Buzz destroys even this relationship by pursuing Ed's girlfriend, Daphne (Shirley Anne Field). - Director:
- Philip Leacock
- Cast:
- Steve McQueen, Robert Wagner, Shirley Anne Field
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David Summer (Dustin Hoffman) is a quiet American mathematician who has moved with his wife Amy (Susan George) back to a remote Cornish farmhouse near the village where she grew up. The couple have relocated to rural England in an attempt to flee the violence of America but their placid life is brutally interrupted when the savagery and violence they sought to escape engulfs them and threatens to destroy their lives. - Director:
- Sam Peckinpah
- Cast:
- Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan
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Belle De Jour (1967)Belle de jour
Undoubtly Luis Bunuel's most accessibly film, Belle de Jour is an elegant and erotic masterpiece that maintains as hypnotic a grip on modern audiences as it did on its debut 40 years ago. Screen icon Catherine Deneuve plays Severine, the glacially beautiful, sexually unfulfilled wife of a surgeon, whose blood runs cold with ennui until she takes a day-job in a brothel. There she meets a charismatic but sinister young gangster (Pierre Clementi), and ignites an obsession that will court peril. Expertly dramatizing the collision between fantasy and reality, and between depravity and respectable bourgeois values, Bunuel, working from the novel by Joseph Kessel, fashions an immaculately designed (the fetishistic interiors and production designs are astonishing) and amoral comedy of manners. - Director:
- Luis Buñuel
- Cast:
- Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli
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An enigmatic and malign school teacher (Jeanne Moreau) torments the residents of a small French village with seemingly motiveless acts of violence and destruction. When her erotic obsession with an ostracised outsider causes her behaviour to become yet more extreme, tensions in the community reach boiling point - but will the villagers see beyond their prejudices? 'Mademoiselle' is a mesmerising psychological drama and an artistic, disturbing exploration of the darkest of carnal desires. - Director:
- Tony Richardson
- Cast:
- Jeanne Moreau, Ettore Manni, Keith Skinner
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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)Les parapluies de Cherbourg
Guy Foucher (Nino Castelnuovo), a 20-year-old French auto mechanic, has fallen in love with 17-year-old Genevieve Emery (Catherine Deneuve), an employee in her widowed mother's chic but financially embattled umbrella shop. On the evening before Guy is to leave for a two-year tour of combat in Algeria, the pair share a passionate night. Genevieve becomes pregnant and then must choose between waiting for Guy's return or accepting an attractive offer of marriage from a wealthy diamond merchant (Marc Michel). - Director:
- Jacques Demy
- Cast:
- Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon
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Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (1967)The Young Girls of Rochefort
Following on from the success of 'Les Parapluies de Cherbourg' comes 'Les Demoiselles de Rochefort' - Jacques Demy's large-scale tribute to the Hollywood musical featuring screen legend Gene Kelly The story centres on twin sisters Delphine and Solange (played by real-life sisters Catherine Deneuve and Frangoise Dorleac) who, tired of their humdrum existence, dream of finding success and romance in Paris. The superb ensemble, also featuring Danielle Darrieux, Michel Piccoli, Jacques Perrin, George Chakiris and Grover Dale, weave and wander around the town, looking for and just missing the love of their lives. - Director:
- Jacques Demy
- Cast:
- Catherine Deneuve, Jacques Thébault, George Chakiris
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Donkey Skin (1970)Peau d'Ane
Catherine Deneuve stars as a Princess whose father, the King (Jean Marais), seeks her hand in marriage after promising his dying wife to only wed a woman more beautiful than she. Listening to her godmother, the Fairy of Lilacs (Delphine Seyrig), the frightened Princess flees to a neighbouring farm and hides as a scullery maid, while wearing the skin of her father's prized donkey as a disguise. A visiting Prince passes by, and an unlikely romance is born. - Director:
- Jacques Demy
- Cast:
- Jean Servais, Catherine Deneuve, Jean Marais
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Anouk Aimee gives her defining performance as Cecile, a cabaret performer and single mother. Taking the stage name Lola, she entrances Roland (Marc Michel), a young drifter. A friend of Lola since childhood, he yearnsfor herto return his affections but she pines for her husband's return. In the present, she disports with an American sailor named Frankie (Alan Scott), who in turn is the object of a young girl's affections. The girl's name, like Lola's, is Cecile (Annie Dupeyroux). Set in Nantes overthe span of a few days, this story of love stories crossing paths, of life teeming with co-incidences and missed chances conveys the spirit of the early French New Wave and the cinema of Max Ophuls, to whom Demy also dedicates the film. - Director:
- Jacques Demy
- Cast:
- Anouk Aimée, Marc Michel, Jacques Harden
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Cross of Iron (1977)Sargeant Steiner
James Mason and James Coburn star in this gripping account of a doomed German platoon facing annihilation at Russian hands during 1943, who discover that their instinct for war is greater then their instinct for survival. While the enemy attacks, two officers fuel the conflict with their hell-bent lust for personal vindictiveness and glory- all part of the greater absurdity called war. - Director:
- Sam Peckinpah
- Cast:
- James Coburn, Thomas Braut, Maximilian Schell
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Triple Cross (1966)Terence Young's Triple Cross
Suave, witty, daring, handsome and utterly amoral, British safe-cracker Eddie Chapman (Christopher Plummer) is quite prepared to work for whichever side offers him the greatest thrills - and the most money. he can either offer his services as a spy to the Nazis or remain loyal to Britain and face a lengthy jail sentence. He opts for the former. But various Nazis doubt Chapman's loyalty to their cause, and with good reason. Making contact with the British, Chapman offers to act as a double agent - for a fee, or course. Thus a 'legend' is born. But just how far is Chapman prepared to lie and scheme to help one side win the war? - Director:
- Terence Young
- Cast:
- Christopher Plummer, Frank Phillips, Romy Schneider
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Bay of Angels (1963)La Baie des Anges
Jean Fournier (Claude Mann), a young bank employee, is encouraged by his friend Caron (Paul Guers) to take an interest in gambling. After winning money in a game of roulette, he decides to vacation in Nice, where he falls in love with Jackie (Jeanne Moreau), a divorced mother who rarely sees her child. Though Jackie also enjoys Jean's company, she constantly warns him that her passion for gambling will always be greater. Jean becomes jealous of not having Jackie's full attention and has mixed feelings about gambling, yet he's somewhat seduced by this new risk-taking lifestyle. Despite Jackie's cool facade and alleged control over her choices - she claims she is unattached to the money itself, but rather the thrill of the game, and doesn't mind going from rich to poor in a matter of seconds - she soon begins to reveal her vulnerability and the emptiness she often feels as result of her addiction. - Director:
- Jacques Demy
- Cast:
- Jeanne Moreau, Claude Mann, Paul Guers
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