Army in the Shadows ( aka Army of Shadows ) (1969)

Director: Jean-Pierre Melville

Starring: Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Simone Signoret

A.k.a. 'Army of Shadows'. Based on Joseph Kessel's novel, this war drama follows several months in the life of French Resistance fighter Philippe Gerb... Read more

Eyes Without A Face (1960)

Director: Georges Franju

Starring: Alida Valli, Pierre Brasseur, Edith Scob, Juliette Mayniel, Francois Guerin

A macabre French horror classic with Peirre Brasseur as the disturbed Dr Genessier, a brilliant plastic surgeon whose daughter has been disfigured in... Read more

Senso (1954)

Director: Luchino Visconti

Starring: Alida Valli, Farley Granger

From the Director of 'Death in Venice' and 'The Leopard' comes this extravagantly romantic story about the tempestuous affair between an Italian count... Read more

Mother Teresa (2003)

Director: Fabrizio Costa

Starring: Olivia Hussey, Laura Morante, Michael Mendl, Sebastiano Somma

AKA 'Mother Teresa of Calcutta'. The Albanian-born missionary is accorded a sensitively-mounted screen biography in this Italian production starring O... Read more

Samson (1961)

Director: Gianfranco Parolini

Starring: Brad Harris, Brigitte Corey, Alan Steel

Bodybuilder Brad Harris brings down the house as the strongman of Old Testament fame, splitting tree trunks with his bare hands, tackling whole legion... Read more

Excellent Cadavers (2006)

Director: Marco Turco

Based on the book by author Alexander Stille, this acclaimed documentary tells the remarkable story of the powerful Sicilian Mafia and the two prosecu... Read more

Mamma Roma (1962)

Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini

Starring: Anna Magnani, Franco Citti, Ettoro Garofolo

Pier Paolo Pasolini's neo-realist masterpiece stars the great Anna Magnani ('Open City') as a middle-aged prostitute who saves money to buy an apartme... Read more

The Valet ( La Doublure ) (2006)

Director: Francis Veber

Starring: Gad Elmaleh, Daniel Auteuil, Alice Taglioni, Kristin Scott Thomas, Richard Berry...

Master of the French farce, Francis Veber, combines wacky slapstick with quick-fire dialogue in this tale of marital deception, as the ubiquitous Fran... Read more

The Science of Sleep (2006)

Director: Michel Gondry

Starring: Gael Garcia Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alain Chabat, Miou-Miou, Emma De Caun...

Director Michel Gondry returned to France to direct his own screenplay, a surreal and entrancing journey into the mind of young idealist Stephane (Gae... Read more

The Stone Merchant (2006)

Director: Renzo Martinelli

Starring: Harvey Keitel, Jordi Molla, Jane March, F Murray Abraham

University professor, Alceo, teaches History of Terrorism, and draws from personal experience having lost both legs in the American Embassy bombing in... Read more