Movies: Albert Cossery

  • 1978
    The Idlers of the Fertile Valley

    The Idlers of the Fertile Valley (1978)

    The Idlers of the Fertile Valley

    6.21978HD

    In this black comedy, the men in a lovely mansion slowly give in to a kind of terminal sloth after they are freed from the need to actually work. The father takes to his bed after his hernia acts up and never leaves it. Of his three sons, only one wa...

    The Idlers of the Fertile Valley
  • 2015
    Hôtel La Louisiane

    Hôtel La Louisiane (2015)

    Hôtel La Louisiane

    02015HD

    Hôtel La Louisiane is, at its core, a film about freedom and dignity. Freedom for those who wish to live in a place where they are able to feel inspired. Dignity for the hotel owner to stand by his promise to his father and keep their mission alive: ...

    Hôtel La Louisiane
  • 1983
    La maison de la mémoire

    La maison de la mémoire (1983)

    La maison de la mémoire

    01983HD

    Based on the novel "L'avenir est un crime du passé" an autobiographical novel of Arab cameraman Rahal Amin Touati, and "The house of certain Death" written by Albert Cosseri....

    La maison de la mémoire
  • 1968
    The Marriage Came Tumbling Down

    The Marriage Came Tumbling Down (1968)

    The Marriage Came Tumbling Down

    5.91968HD

    Jacques spends his summer vacation with his grandfather, Jericho, in the company of his wife Marie. The malicious ancestor quickly realizes that his grandson's marriage is on the brink of breakdown. He does everything to save him....

    The Marriage Came Tumbling Down
  • 1972
    Beggars and Proud Ones

    Beggars and Proud Ones (1972)

    Beggars and Proud Ones

    01972HD

    Hadjis, a philosophy professor in his thirties, put his spiritual concepts into practice when he left Europe to settle in a working-class district of Tunis, where he lived in destitution. Together with two followers of his philosophy, a medical stude...

    Beggars and Proud Ones