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#341: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

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ju5w8qvwfjxxgar7wd9wsyuyxhs#341 – The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, (Les parapluies de Cherbourg), 1964, Jacques Demy
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This simple romantic tragedy begins in 1957. Guy Foucher, a 20-year-old French auto mechanic, has fallen in love with 17-year-old Geneviève Emery, an employee in her widowed mother’s chic but financially embattled umbrella shop. On the evening before Guy is to leave for a two-year tour of combat in Algeria, he and Geneviève make love. She becomes pregnant and must choose between waiting for Guy’s return or accepting an offer of marriage from a wealthy diamond merchant.

#343: Wings of Desire

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yqi5x0stoqhvhbfzktsng8i7sbo#343 – Wings of Desire, (Der Himmel über Berlin), 1987, Wim Wenders
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Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling population, providing invisible rays of hope to the distressed but never interacting with them. When Damiel falls in love with lonely trapeze artist Marion, the angel longs to experience life in the physical world, and finds – with some words of wisdom from actor Peter Falk – that it might be possible for him to take human form.

#346: 35 Shots of Rum

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jooocuoaizxzzris4jpontbl3gz#346 – 35 Shots of Rum, (35 rhums), 2008, Claire Denis
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A widowed metro conductor, approaching retirement, lives with his beautiful grown daughter – the object of a neighbor’s romantic interest. The man’s former girlfriend also lives in their building and plays a role in their closely-knit lives. 35 Shots of Rum considers the mysterious complexities that surround evolving relationships, whether romantic or parental.

#347: Cléo from 5 to 7

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ydemccpivwkm6r8g1nul1dlg8z2#347 – Cléo from 5 to 7, (Cléo de cinq à sept), 1962, Agnès Varda
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Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A chronicle of the minutes of one woman’s life, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a spirited mix of vivid vérité and melodrama, featuring a score by Michel Legrand and cameos by Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina.

#350: The Wages of Fear

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3iguar1xserr4xqmhzcfyq4f8ky#350 – The Wages of Fear, (Le salaire de la peur), 1953, Henri-Georges Clouzot
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In the South American jungle, supplies of nitroglycerine are needed at a remote oil field. The oil company pays four men to deliver the supplies in two trucks. A tense rivalry develops between the two sets of drivers on the rough remote roads where the slightest jolt can result in death.

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#351: The Pianist

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iunmxwkoi7vk17ob3g2hwwjghsr#351 – The Pianist, 2002, Roman Polanski
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The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman’s experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.

#358: The Passenger

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rakeevaocyvm00qrkdcyrjtlfvq#358 – The Passenger, (Professione: reporter), 1975, Michelangelo Antonioni
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David Locke is a world-weary American journalist who has been sent to cover a conflict in northern Africa, but he makes little progress with the story. When he discovers the body of a stranger who looks similar to him, Locke assumes the dead man’s identity. However, he soon finds out that the man was an arms dealer, leading Locke into dangerous situations. Aided by a beautiful woman, Locke attempts to avoid both the police and criminals out to get him.