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Alberto Rodríguez – After (2009)
“After” plot starts one summer night, when three old friends meet after a long time. The three of them get inside a night spiral which brings them back to adolescence and that serves as the only way...
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Hu Bo – Da xiang xi di er zuo AKA An Elephant Sitting Still (2018)
In the northern Chinese city of Manzhouli, they say there is an elephant that simply sits, unaffected by the pain and tribulations of the world at large. Manzhouli becomes an obsession for the...
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Michael Cacoyannis – The Trojan Women (1971)
Hecuba and the other women of Troy rise to find their city in ruins and their cause lost. The city has fallen into Greek hands and it is likely their lot to become slaves of Greek soldiers. A...
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Anthony Mann – Man of the West (1958)
Western auteur Anthony Mann and aging Western icon Gary Cooper team up in this stark tale of a trio of train passengers stranded in the middle of the desert after a railway holdup. Taking...
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William Friedkin – Bug (2006)
Synopsis:Having escaped her abusive ex-husband Goss (Harry Connick Jr.), recently released from state prison, Agnes (Ashley Judd), a lonely waitress with a tragic past moves into a sleazy, run-down...
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Christoph Hochhäusler – Dreileben – Eine Minute Dunkel AKA One Minute of...
The Dreileben trilogy comes to a nail-biting close with director Christoph Hochhäusler’s expert thriller, which also brings escaped felon Molosch—a peripheral character in the first two parts—into...
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Ousmane Sembene – Camp de Thiaroye AKA The Camp at Thiaroye (1987)
“It’s possible that a good half of the greatest African movies ever made are the work of novelist-turned-filmmaker Ousmane Sembene (Black Girl, Xala, Ceddo). Camp Thiaroye (1988), cowritten and...
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Claude Miller – Thérèse Desqueyroux (2012)
The unhappily married woman struggles to break free from social pressures and her boring suburban setting. 1.46GB | 1h 46mn | 720×304 | avi...
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Frank Capra – Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939)
Review from FilmSite.org————————————————————————Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) is producer/director Frank Capra’s classic comedy-drama, and considered by many to be his greatest achievement in...
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Jan Kounen – 99 francs (2007)
A first person diatribe against modern consumerist society as seen through the eyes of a cynical advertising executive whose efforts to get fired from his job backfire as he keeps getting promoted....
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Hugo Vieira da Silva – Body Rice (2006)
From Variety:An Atalanta Filmes release (in Portugal) of a Paolo Branco presentation of a Clap Filmes production. (International sales: Madragoa Filmes, Lisbon.) Produced by Paolo Branco. Directed,...
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Marie-Jaoul de Poncheville – Tengri (2008)
Plot SynopsisProving that romance can blossom even in the direst and most seemingly disadvantageous of circumstance, a pure-hearted Kazakh settler and a Kyrgyz woman find each other’s hearts, their...
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Antoine de Caunes – Monsieur N. (2003)
Imdb User comment:A Fascinating Story, Sifting through Legend and Fact about Napoleon’s Last DaysAuthor: gradyharp from United States Director Antoine de Caunes has adapted Rene Mansor’s fine...
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Ramin Bahrani – Goodbye Solo (2008)
From IMDB: “On the lonely roads of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, two men forge an improbable friendship that will change both of their lives forever. Solo is a Senegalese cab driver working to...
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Lev Kuleshov – Velikiy uteshitel aka The Great Consoler (1933)
The Great Consoler is Lev Kuleshov’s most personal film reflecting both the facts of his life and his thoughts about the place of the artist in contemporary reality. It was the only film in the Soviet...
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István Szabó – Budapesti mesék AKA Budapest Tales (1976)
Plot Synopsis from allmovie.comHungarian director Istvan Szabó’s 1976 feature Budapest Tales (AKA Budapesti mesék) unfolds in a purely allegorical, dreamlike realm, rich with indigenous symbolism....
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Lars von Trier – The House That Jack Built (2018)
Boundary-pushing cinematic visionary Lars von Trier (Antichrist) returns with one of his most daring, masterfully provocative works yet. In five audacious episodes, failed architect and arch-sociopath...
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Kelly Reichardt – Wendy and Lucy (2008)
Synopsis (Sensesofcinema)Traversing the West in search of work in Alaska, Wendy (Michelle Williams) and her dog, Lucy, are separated when Wendy’s car breaks down in a nameless, borderline decrepit...
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Vera Chytilova – Kopytem sem, kopytem tam AKA A Hoof Here, a Hoof There (1988)
A cautionary tale about the dangers of unprotected promiscuity among heterosexuals, this story chronicles the exploits of three good friends. Pepe is the playboy of the bunch: despite having a lovely...
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Hsing Lee – Qiu Jue AKA Execution in Autumn (1972)
PlotPei Gang (played by Ou Wei) was earlier sentenced by the magistrate to death for committing 3 cruel murders,even though he claimed that the killings were acts of self defense. We learnt that Pei...
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