Visionary Picks Drawn from the Same DNA as Pas de femmes: Cult Guide

Dir: Mario Bonnard

Eve is to marry Jacques, the son of a general. But the general does not want a fatherless girl as a daughter-in-law. To remedy the problem Eve, who is the resourceful kind, sets about finding herself a father. She finds one in the person of a charming forty-five- year-old man. The brooding fiancé remains reluctant though and Eve is about to get engaged with her pseudo father when the latter suddenly remembers that he is ...Eve's real father!

Dir: Mario Bonnard

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Fra Diavolo perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A sympathetic bandit chief supports the cause of freedom in Naples against the Bourbon King Ferdinand.

Dir: Mario Bonnard

The sisters Jola and Claire are saved from a burning ship, the former is brought up by a priest on a volcanic island ; the latter reaches Paris and becomes a plunderer of men. Her ruined lover is saved from suicide by an eccentric doctor who organizes a treasure-hunt expedition. They reach the island ; the last remnant of submerged Atlantis. Here the disconsolate one encounters Jola, the image of his lost love. The adventurers are attacked by escaped convicts. The volcano, long quiescent, erupts. The wicked perish. The lovers, with wealth incalculable, escape to Paris.

Dir: Mario Bonnard

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Der goldene Abgrund perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

This Alpine thriller is based on the story of English climber Edward Whymper who vies with Jean-Antoine Carrel, an Italian mountain guide, to conquer the Matterhorn.

Dir: Mario Bonnard

An Alpine adventure-romance.

Dir: Mario Bonnard

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Fight for the Matterhorn perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Mario Bonnard

An elderly couple, Papa Martin and his wife Genovieffa, have a son, Armando, and a goddaughter, Amelia. When they both return home at the end of their studies to celebrate Armando's law degree, Papa Martin is confronted by Charençon, Armando and Feliciano's neighbor and loan shark, who not only demands repayment of his money, but also reveals that Armando's degree is fake.

Dir: Mario Bonnard

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Son of the White Mountain perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Mario Bonnard

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Mario Bonnard

A married woman hits a pedestrian with her car who requests that she must perform a particular punishment as a penance.