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Kôhei Yoshidome – Shin ningen shikkaku AKA New – No Longer Human (1978)
Based on the novel by Osamu Dazai and distributed by ATG. The story of a young man who is caught between the breakup of the traditions of a northern Japanese aristocratic family and the impact of...
View ArticleKivu Ruhorahoza – Matière Grise AKA Grey Matter (2011)
Balthazar is a young African filmmaker on the brink of directing his first project, The Cycle of the Cockroach, a fictional story about a young woman who survived unspeakable atrocities only to find...
View ArticleKhalid Abdulrahim Al-Zadjali – Al-boom (2006)
A coastal fishing and boat building town is the site of a classic struggle between traditional ways represented by Nokhithah (Captain) Salem “Abu Zahir” and the ways of progess represented by Sheik...
View ArticleMia Hansen-Løve – Maya (2018)
December 2012. After four months in captivity in Syria, two French reporters are released.Gabriel, the younger one, is just shy of 30.Following a day of interrogations and medical exams, Gabriel is...
View ArticleSergei Bondarchuk – Voyna i mir AKA War and Peace (1966)
Quote:At the height of the Cold War, the Soviet film industry set out to prove it could outdo Hollywood with a production that would dazzle the world: a titanic, awe-inspiring adaptation of Leo...
View ArticleMichel Deville – Ce soir ou jamais AKA Tonight or Never (1961)
Synopsis:‘Laurent is a poster designer who is about to begin rehearsals for his first stage play, a musical comedy. To celebrate this auspicious event, he holds a party at his apartment, to which his...
View ArticlePola Beck – Am Himmel der Tag AKA Breaking Horizons (2012)
The 25-year-old Lara (Aylin Tezel) takes her studies in architecture not very seriously and spends her free time with her best friend Nora (Henrike of Kuick) in Techno clubs. She is surprised when she...
View ArticleFrunze Dovlatyan – Karot AKA Yearning (1990)
Tragic events in Armenian history are echoed in this incisive film. Arakel Eloyan, a survivor of the 1915 genocide, has built a new life with his family in Soviet Armenia.Still, he longs to once again...
View ArticleBani Khoshnoudi – Luciérnagas AKA Fireflies (2018)
Quote:Ramin is a young gay man in his 30s who fled the repression in Iran and arrived to Veracruz after traveling clandestinely on a boat from Turkey. While coping with the distance that he has taken...
View ArticleArmando Robles Godoy – Sonata soledad (1987)
“Sonata Soledad” is a film done to three musical times (Time, Counterpoints and Variations). In this movie, Robles Godoy radicalizes its position of author. 1.13GB | 1:24:03 | 640×480 | avi...
View ArticleCarlos Velo – Torero (1956)
Quote:The life of the famed Mexican bullfighter Luis Procuna, from his boyhood through his training and the triumphs that followed as Procuna rose to the peak of his profession. 700MB | 1h 11mn |...
View ArticleYngve Gamlin – Jakten AKA The Chasers (1965)
Two men split from their hunting party to go on a private chase in the snowy hinterlands of northern Sweden. But what are they chasing and why? 1.46GB | 1 h 33 min | 983×576 | mkv...
View ArticleLuigi Comencini – Tutti a casa AKA Everybody Go Home! (1960)
Synopsis:In this war drama, a band of Italian soldiers, elated to hear that the war is finally over, promptly desert and head for home. Only two soldiers remain loyal to the army and they promptly...
View ArticleJacques Becker – Rendez-vous de juillet (1949)
Synopsis:Lucien is a young man whose ambition is to become a famous explorer, against the wishes of his middle-class parents who hope he might settle for a more conventional career. After a row with...
View ArticlePhilippe Garrel – Liberté, la nuit (1983)
a title with a comma in the middle for a film divided in two parts. A film in black and white with a dark side and a jovial side. The first part of the title evokes politics, as the story recalls the...
View ArticleAleqsandre Rekhviashvili – Gza shinisaken AKA The Way Home (1981)
The film is set in southern Georgia, which until the end of XIX century was dominated bythe Ottoman Empire. Tragic times gave rise to people of high spiritual strength, such asAntimoz Iverieli – the...
View ArticlePaul Leni – Das Tagebuch des Dr. Hart aka The Diary of Dr. Hart (1916)
“Dr. Robert Hart visits his friend Ursula von Hohenau in Saxony in July 1914. There he hears about the Austrian ultimatum to Serbia. He immediately returns to his home town where, just before...
View ArticleBenedikt Erlingsson – Kona fer í stríð AKA Woman at War (2018)
Halla declares a one-woman-war on the local aluminium industry. She is prepared to risk everything to protect the pristine Icelandic Highlands she loves… Until an orphan unexpectedly enters her life....
View ArticleNyrki Tapiovaara – Varastettu kuolema AKA Stolen Death [Director’s Cut] (1938)
A thriller set in turn-of-the-century Helsinki, Stolen Death uses elements of German expressionism to tell the story of Finnish resistance fighters smuggling arms to overthrow the Tsarist occupiers of...
View ArticleJean-Luc Godard – Sauve qui peut (la vie) AKA Every Man For Himself (1980)
Quote:During the 1970’s Jean Luc Godard abandoned the notion of making normal commercial films for cinematic distribution in favour of his Marxist-Leninist ‘Dziga Vertov’ propaganda films. The...
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