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Balada o trobenti in oblaku [Ballad About a Trumpet and a Cloud] (France Štiglic, 1961)
Dec
11
International Mountain Day
A young couple dances among the mountains (via). DP: Rudi Vaupotič.
1943. With the family preparing for Christmas, old man Temnikar hears the sound of a trumpet. The patriarch sees it as his calling to follow – and kill – the White Guardists who visited his mountain farm looking for wounded Partisans.
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Gina [Stone Cold Revenge] (Denys Arcand, 1975)
Dec
11
1952
Gina (Céline Lomez) stripping in front of a silver tinsel curtain. The silhouette of a woman is visible in the foreground. DP: Alain Dostie.
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Soleil Ô [Oh, Sun] (Med Hondo, 1970)
Dec
10
Human Rights Day
“Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.”
– Universal Declaration of Human Rights, United Nations General Assembly
A Mauritanian immigrant (Robert Liensol) too starts anew in Paris. But first, he'll need a job.
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Pasażerka [Passenger] (Andrzej Munk, Witold Lesiewicz + Andrzej Brzozowski, 1963)
Dec
9
cruise
Marta and Liza on the cruise ship (via). DP: Krzysztof Winiewicz.
On a cruise, from [OP] Cinn’s bucket list. Well, not in the context of today's film pick*
* the Bales 2025 Film Challenge for December has a few dateless themes. This is one of them.
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La Terra Trema [The Earth Will Tremble] (Luchino Visconti, 1948)
Dec
8
Féte des Lumiéres
“In Sicily, Italian is not the language of the poor.”
– title card
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Kisapmata [Sa bawat kisapmata / In the Wink of an Eye] (Mike De Leon, 1981)
Dec
8
Tue
Noel (Jay Ilagan) enters Milagros' (Charo Santos-Concio) room. On a sparse green wall a calendar with an image of the Virgin Mary. The 8th, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, is marked red as a holiday. DP: Rody Lacap.
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Иваново детство [Ivanovo detstvo / Ivan's Childhood] (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1962)
Dec
7
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Ivan (Nikolay Burlyaev) scouting (via). DP: Vadim Yusov.
“They sent me out by plane to a boarding school. But I ran away. There's a war on. I can't cram some stupid stuff when it's a war.”
– Ivan
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The Lickerish Quartet (Radley Metzger, 1970)
Dec
5
A 70s couple in a grainy black-and-white still. The frame looks damaged, suggesting a stag reel. The seemingly nude blonde pours a drink for her dark-haired man. She holds the cork between her teeth, seducingly. DP: Hans Jura.
– I've never seen a film like this before.
– Oh, it's different, alright.
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Cabiria (Giovanni Pastrone, 1914)
Dec
5
The gigantic entrance to the Temple of Moloch in Carthage. Like the entrance to Luna Park Sydney, it's appearance is based on a hellmouth. DPs: Augusto Battagliotti, Eugenio Bava, Natale Chiusano, Segundo de Chomón, Carlo Franzeri & Giovanni Tomatis.
A temple*
“Now consummate the sacrifice in your throat of flame, o father and mother, o god and goddess, o father and mother, o father and son, o god and goddess! Voracious creator! Roaring ardent hunger…”
The world's first epic film and the debut of – the later hugely popular – strongman Maciste.
* the Bales 2025 Film Challenge for December has a few dateless themes. This is one of them.
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L'ange et la femme [The Angel and the Woman] (Gilles Carle, 1977)
Dec
3
Gabriel (Lewis Furey) and the woman he named Fabienne (Carole Laure). DP: François Protat.
A caregiver*
A woman is brutally murdered and taken home by a young man. This man – this angel – takes away her wounds, returns her to life, and nurses her. They fall in love.
* the Bales 2025 Film Challenge for December has a few dateless themes. This is one of them.
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