Pierre Salvadori • France • 2018
Yvonne is a police officer in Marseille. She is also the widow of Santi, a local hero recently memorialized by a statue in the town square. Only Santi wasn't as virtuous as he seemed—in addition to accepting bribes and kick-backs, he orchestrated a jewelry heist that landed Antoine, an innocent man, in jail. Having been released after eight years of in the can, Yvonne becomes determined to help Antoine get back on his feet.
A riveting yarn of comedy and contrivances, The Trouble with You features charismatic performances from Adèle Haenel, Pio Marmaï, and Audrey Tautou. Pierre Salvadori's ninth feature premiered at the Cannes Film Festival's Quinzaine des Réalisateurs, Stockholm, Palm Springs, and Busan. The Trouble with You was nominated for nine César Awards.
Jess Franco • Spain-Autralia-France • 1964 • Perverse eroticism, science fiction, smoky jazz.
The follow-up to Franco's career-launching film The Awful Dr. Orloff, Dr. Orloff's Monster is a modern gothic thriller, injected with moments of perverse eroticism, science fiction, and smoky jazz. When...
Jess Franco • Spain • 1973 • An erotic, dreamlike husband-and-wife collaboration.
Franco’s highest-regarded collaboration with his wife, Lina Romay, Female Vampire follows the mysterious Countess Irina Karlstein, a beautiful vampiress who feeds on victims at their moments of sexual climax. Becau...
Jess Franco • France • 1970 • A sultry evolution of Franco's cinema.
A sultry dancer falls under the hypnotic control of the sinister blonde Cynthia and begins to suffer terrifying hallucinations, from which not even a gifted psychiatrist can save her. Meanwhile, a pair of jewel thieves hide out...
