Fred Barker, an unmarried American who remained in France after heroically defending the country during the Second World War, runs the perfume factory in Grasse of his friend Carlo Ferelli, whose life he saved during the conflict. Fred has since adopted a little girl, Cathy. One day, he receives a...
An aging gossip columnist, tired of the social life of the Roman Dolce-vita set, goes to New York with hopes of a literary career. He marries a nurse, but succumbs to his former mistress.
Carlos, a weapons trader, is struck by his resemblance to a certain Slim. Wishing to take advantage of this situation, the mafioso asked the latter to be the commander of his ship.
A womanizing pilot who is asked by a friend to intervene in one of the friend's romantic tangles. The pilot is quite willing to help out but then a confusion about the woman who is the target of the intervention causes a series of unexpected circumstances.
Three tales of life on the Nile River reveal love and vengeance, religion and deception. Each atmospheric vignette offers an eye-opening take on the culture, attitudes and religion of the Middle East. First, a knife thrower's affair threatens his mistress. Then, the plague tests a band of pilgrims...
FBI agent Jeff Gordon is responsible for tracking down counterfeiters. Owing to his suave ways and irresistible charm, he manages to extract information from women who are unaware of his intentions. His investigation leads him to the beautiful Wanda Ericson, whose ex-husband is being blackmailed,...
By chance, writer Eddie Ross comes to the aid of a young woman on the street, a good deed that lands him a job with a strange underground character known only as Martínez.
In 1515 Machiavelli stated that it is better for the Prince to be feared than loved. Some 500 years later, Michael Hardt, political philosopher and co-author of Empire, Multitude and Commonwealth, asks what it would mean to base a political system on love, rather than on fear. How can we transform...
Leo, a young filmmaker, quarrels with the screenplay author about the explosive plot, has problems with his girlfriend Katrin, and to top it all, the department of education doesn't want to subsidize his film although the television people are interested in it. In other words, a lot of problems for...
