A middle-aged man meets a young woman who is waiting on a canal bridge for […]
Tag: 1957
The Thistles of The Bărăgan
Rumania’s entry in the 1958 Cannes Film Festival was the excessively melodramatic Ciulinii Bărăganului. The […]
Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress
After a wonderful time in Hungary Sissi falls extremely ill and must retreat to a […]
Nights of Cabiria
Rome, 1957. A woman, Cabiria, is robbed and left to drown by her boyfriend, Giorgio. […]
Wild Strawberries
Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his pregnant and […]
The Snow Queen
When the Snow Queen, a lonely and powerful fairy, kidnaps the human boy Kay, his […]
Quiet Flows the Don
Based on the novel of the same name by Mikhail Sholokhov, about the fate of […]
A King in New York
A recently-deposed “Estrovian” monarch seeks shelter in New York City, where he becomes an accidental […]
The Cranes Are Flying
Veronika and Boris come together in Moscow shortly before World War II. Walking along the […]
The Lower Depths
Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an […]
The Prince and the Showgirl
An American showgirl becomes entangled in political intrigue when the Prince Regent of a foreign […]
When a Woman Meddles
Quand la Femme S’en Mele (When the Woman Butts In) stars French film favorite Edwige […]