Short fiction film starring Fiammetta, a fourteen-year-old girl. Raised in a splendid home in the Tuscan countryside, she ruminates on her memories, her frustrations and her desires. All the charm of the character lies in his innocent perversity. Absorbed by her daydreams, she lives in the universe where her father died and where her mother, still young and beautiful, attracts admirers. One of four film sketches on the problems of adolescents facing the adult world in the 1960s included in the anthology film That Tender Age (La fleur de l'âge, ou Les adolescentes). The three other sketches were directed by Michel Brault, Hiroshi Teshigahara, and Jean Rouch.
A Pete Smith Specialty shorts series entry. Dave demonstrates a variety of household items and furniture which, while modern, is much more trouble than the progress is worth.
When an elderly woman sees a vision of Jesus on the shorts of a young African man at her swimming class, she befriends him, believing he's been sent by God to free her from loneliness.
A poor amateur cage fighter gets his shot at a professional career, but when his hustler brother betrays a dangerous friend, he is faced with a life changing decision.
On the day of her first anniversary with Ștefan, Ana offers him an unexpected present – she agrees to be surrogate mother for the baby Ștefan cannot have with his wife.
Weaving together the interconnected destinies of a shy actor and a young girl, this film provokes a meeting between two lonely human beings, uniting them through words.
Popular movie trailers from 1965
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1965:
A scientist discovers a way to bring the dead back to life using nuclear power but it makes him the target of secret agents who will stop at nothing to get his formula for themselves.
A group of women are workmates at a laundry. Rike is spreading a rumor about the manager Marta, a rumor that Marta is a lesbian and that she once tried to seduce Rike.
The BBC's 1965 adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel, screened as part of their Play of the Month strand, adapted by Santha Ramu Rau and John Maynard, and directed by Waris Hussein.
Kidnapped and rescued by a Ninja, Fujimaru has mastered martial arts over the years. Now he sets off on a journey to find his mother and also locate an old tome containing secret martial arts techniques.
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