Monday, March 23, 2026

The Profession of Arms - Il mestiere delle armi - (Ermanno Olmi, 2001)

The history of the first victim of modern artillery and its moving agony, amidst conspiracies and betrayals of the powerful. Life and death of Giovanni De’ Medici, a young brave captain in the war of Charles V against the Pope, in the first half of 1500. 

Director: Ermanno Olmi. 

Writer: Ermanno Olmi.

Stars: Christo Jivkov, Sergio Grammatico, Dimitar Rachkov, Fabio Giubbani, Sasa Vulicevic, Dessy Tenekedjieva, Sandra Ceccarelli, Franco Andreani, Kalin Arsov, Giancarlo Belelli, Bruno Bendoni, Silvio Cappellini, Vittorio Corcelli, Marco De Biagi, Alessandro Genovesi, Michael Lindner, Francesca Lonardelli, Paolo Magagna, Piergiorgio Maletti, Mauro Marani, Georgy Marino, Ilija Marshakov, Rocco Militano, Nikolaus Moras, Attilio Orlandini, Ralph Palka, Alessandro Pezzali, Thomas Rauser, Marco Sgarbi, Claudio Tombini, Ilaria Tedeschi, Aldo Toscano, Dmitar Vassilev, Michele Zattara, Dario Dedonato, Andrea Iacopo Di Antonio, Marcello Marano, Omero Antonutti.

2001 Cannes Film Festival – Nominated for the Palme d’Or.

Subtitles in English

LINK: https://ok.ru/video/7295784258214

Monday, March 16, 2026

The Death of Mario Ricci - La mort de Mario Ricci - (1983)

A middle-aged TV reporter goes to the inn of a small Swiss village to do a programme with a reclusive scientist, an expert on world food shortages. During this time, a local worker is killed in a road crash and the reporter becomes involved in uncovering the truth about his death.

Director: Claude Goretta. .

Writers: Claude Goretta, Georges Haldas.

Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Magali Noël, Heinz Bennent, Mimsy Farmer, Jean-Michel Dupuis, Michel Robin, Lucas Belvaux, Claudio Caramaschi, Roger Jendly, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Michel Cassagne, Michael Linz, Marblum Jequier, Jean-Claude Perrin, André Schmidt, Bernard Soufflet, Claude-Inga Barbey, François Berthet, Edmée Croset, Gérard Despierre, Neige Dolsky, Anne-Lise Fritsch, Michèle Gleizer, Alfredo Gnasso, Arthur Grosjean, Jean-Pierre Gos, Gilbert Isnard, Leontina Lechmann, Jean-Pierre Moutier, Gil Pidoux, Laurent Sandoz, Jean-Marc Stehlé.

Subtitled in English.

LINK: https://ok.ru/video/6883120384678

Saturday, March 14, 2026

Man on the Roof - Mannen på taket - (1976)

A police officer is murdered with a bayonet while staying in hospital. The investigative team, lead by Martin Beck, soon discover that the man had frequently abused suspects as well as civilians but that any complaints had been ignored owing to the misguided loyalty of his colleagues. The volatile mind of the killer means that Beck has to resolve the case quickly before more people are hurt.

Director: Bo Widerberg.

Stars: Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt, Håkan Serner, Birgitta Valberg, Eva Remaeus, Sven Wollter, Thomas Hellberg, Ingvar Hirdwall, Bellan Roos, Gus Dahlström, Harald Hamrell, Birgitta Valberg, Carl-Axel Heiknert, Torgny Anderberg, Folke Hjort, Gunnel Wadner. 

Subtitled in English.

LINK: https://ok.ru/video/2607482997414

I Went Down (1997)

Fresh out of prison, Git rescues a former best friend (now living with Git’s girlfriend) from a beating at the hands of loan sharks. He’s now in trouble with the mob boss, Tom French, who sends Git to Cork with another debtor, Bunny Kelly, to find a guy named Frank Grogan, and take him to a man with a friendly face at a shack across a bog. It’s a tougher assignment than it seems: Git’s a novice, Bunny’s prone to rash acts, Frank doesn’t want to be found (and once he’s found, he has no money), and maybe Tom’s planning to murder Frank, which puts Git in a moral dilemma. Then, there’s the long-ago disappearance of Sonny Mulligan. What’s a decent and stand-up lad to do?

Director: Paddy Breathnach.

Stars: Peter McDonald, Antoine Byrne, David Wilmot, Michael McElhatton, Brendan Gleeson, Joe Gallagher, Tony Doyle, Liam Regan, Kevin Hely, Eamonn Hunt, Frank O’Sullivan, Jason Byrne, Eamon A. Kelly, Peter Caffrey, Carly Baker, Carmel Callan, Margaret Callan, Denis Conway, Donal O’Kelly, Amelia Crowley, Conor McPherson, Rachel Brady, Anne Kent, Johnny Murphy, Don Wycherley, John Bergin.

No subtitles available through this link, but you can download the movie with English subs.

LINK: https://files.fm/f/6zf65t95ug

Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician - Morte di um matematico napoletano - (1992)

Naples, 1959. Renato Caccioppoli, university professor in pure mathematics, is a disillusioned and tormented man who lives the last days of ...