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Johnny Lingo

Johnny Lingo, one of the sharpest traders in the south pacific islands decides to bargain for a wife, and offers a record price of eight cows for Mahana, a plain girl who shuns contact. This causes quite a sensation on the island. A year later Johnny and his wife return for the first time since the marriage, and all find that something miraculous has occurred to Mahana. Johnny explains that by paying eight cows he proved that she was worth more to him than any other woman on the island. He gave her a great gift, that of self-worth.

Johnny Lingo

6.0 1969
Night Out

Saturday evening. We have a date with friends and Pierrot has finally obtained his mother's slightly worried authorization. He runs down the indefinite staircase of the immaculate H.L.M., planted firmly in the mud of the suburbs, to meet up with the others. The others are older than him on the whole, but what they have in common is the desire for something to change, this weekend, and for things to get moving. This is especially true for those with scooters who, in close ranks, can scare pedestrians, hug cars and taunt the marshals. Pierrot will be taken in rump like the girls, Thérèse behind Jacquy, Monette behind Christian.

Night Out

10.0 1961
The Chalk Garden

The peculiar antics of Laurel, an emotionally troubled young girl, are the focus of The Chalk Garden – a stately household drama set on the cliffs of the English south coast. Edith Evans plays a matriarchal grandmother who, in raising her granddaughter, has neglected her other love – a barren chalk garden. Mayhem ensues as Laurel's behavior frightens away a succession of governesses until an enigmatic one is hired in spite of her mysterious references. She skillfully sets about tending to the girl's reckless emotions and the pitifully failed garden.

The Chalk Garden

7.2 1964
Papa Gigia

In order to increase yield in the collective farm, the process of renewal of grape varieties is underway, this process also applies to homestead vineyards. Pioneers also help elders. Papa Gigia understands the importance of the process, but he does not want to cut a vineyard on his homestead because of the memories of his youth. His grandson, Dato, who doesn't want to lag behind his comrades, starts pruning the vineyard arbitrarily, for which Papa severely punishes him. But when Dato's behavior becomes the object of criticism by the pioneers, Papa forgives his grandson and cuts the remaining vine himself.

Papa Gigia

8.0 1960
Now Judge...

The fate of Illarion Groza was tragic. Many years ago, upon returning from the front, he learned that his wife had given birth to a daughter by an Italian officer, and he shot her with his machine gun. But even now, Illarion cannot forget his wife, forgive her betrayal, or justify his cruelty. And that is why his relationship with his daughter Yulka is so dramatic and tense... The artist Bogutovsky, who lives in the captivity of false pompous art, carries the burden of past years... After hearing Illarion's story, the writer Iskra destroys the manuscript of his play: life turns out to be much more complicated than he imagined.

Now Judge...

6.0 1966
The Winds of the Aures

The transformations of the daily life of the Algerian people during the destructive French occupation, then during the war of liberation. While military repression is in full swing, a peasant woman finds herself alone in her mountain home when her only son is kidnapped by French soldiers shortly after her husband's death during a raid. One day, seeing a dead chicken, which she considers a bad omen, she decides to leave home and embarks on a painful journey through the mountains. Accompanied by a couple of chickens, she moves from one detention camp to another in a desperate search for her missing son. The film is inspired by the events experienced by the director's family.

The Winds of the Aures

6.8 1967
The New Magic Cup

Prince Demin of the Ocean Kingdom and Princess Zhang Yabao of the Baoling Kingdom were childhood sweethearts. After Demin abdicated the throne to his elder brother Fengyun, Fengyun's marriage proposal to Baobao was rejected, leading him to wage war. With Demin's help, Baobao overcame dangers and finally found the luminous cup she had lost as a child. With the help of the Cup Fairy, she was able to restore her kingdom. Baobao and Demin merged their two kingdoms into the Ocean Treasure Kingdom, and thereafter celebrated peace and prosperity together.

The New Magic Cup

NR 1962