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Nely Reguera – María (y los demás) AKA Maria and Everybody Else (2016)
Quote: Ever since her mum died, María has taken care of her father and her siblings. That’s why her father’s announcement of marriage to his nurse brings María’s world crashing down around her. At the...
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Peter Medak – A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1972)
Plot: A couple uses extremely black comedy to survive taking care of a daughter who is nearly completely brain dead. They take turns doing the daughter’s voice and stare into the eyes of death and...
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Cheryl Dunye – The Watermelon Woman (1996)
Quote: Cheryl is young, Black, and lesbian, working in Philadelphia with her best friend Tamara and consumed by a film project: to make a video about her search for a Black actress from Philly who...
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Erik Løchen – Jakten AKA The Chasers AKA The Hunt (1959)
Synopsis: This is a film about the eternal triangle – two men – one woman. Bjørn is married to Guri and Knut is their mutual friend. Knut is the younger, dominated by his strong friend. They leave for...
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Zabou Breitman – No et moi AKA No and Me (2010)
Quote: Lou has few friends and her mother’s addiction to tranquillisers increases her feeling of isolation. For a school project, she must prepare a presentation on homelessness. At the Gare...
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Oliver Laxe – Mimosas (2016)
Mimosas (original title: Mimosas) is a 2016 drama film directed and co-written by Oliver Laxe, described by Laxe as ‘a Religious Western’. The film is a co-production between Spain, Morocco, France...
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Alain Corneau – Stupeur et tremblements AKA Fear and Trembling (2003)
Synopsis: A Belgian woman looks back on her year at a Japanese corporation in Tokyo in 1990. She is Amélie, born in Japan, living there until age 5. After college graduation, she returns with a...
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Paul Schrader – Hardcore [+commentaries] (1979)
Quote: A conservative Midwest businessman ventures into the sordid underworld of pornography in California to look for his runaway teenage daughter who is making porno films in California’s porno...
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Aki Kaurismäki – Toivon tuolla puolen AKA The Other Side of Hope (2017)
A poker-playing restaurateur and former traveling salesman befriends a group of refugees newly arrived to Finland....
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Benedict Andrews – Una (2016)
A woman confronts an older man, her former neighbour, to find out why he abandoned her after they had a sexual relationship when she was thirteen....
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Maxim Ford – Picture of Beauty (2017)
Quote: Two pretty girls come of age and a painter has an unusual commission. In a repressive climate sexual exploration repression and liberation are and represented. Quote: The rise of the ease of...
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Nicolas Klotz & Elisabeth Perceval – Mata Atlantica (2016)
Quote: A young girl disappears in a forest in the heart of São Paulo, Brazil. http://nitroflare.com/view/69C8182E4BA3FD7/Mata.Atlantica.2016.720p.WEB-DL.x264.AAC2.0-pirata00.mkv Language(s):Portuguese...
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Hiroto Yokoyama – Manji (1983)
A married kleptomaniac (Sonoko) and a younger woman (Mitsuko) begin an unusual love affair which develops fast into a kinky sexual love triangle when Sonoko’s husband gets involved....
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Hsiao-Hsien Hou – Beiqíng chéngshì AKA A City of Sadness (1989)
Quote: A City Of Sadness opens with a credit sequence-shot of total darkness as the solemn voice of Emperor Hirohito is heard over a radio broadcast announcing the unconditional surrender of Japan on...
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Naomi Kawase – Mogari no mori AKA The Mourning Forest (2007)
Quote: A care-giver at a small retirement home takes one of her patients for a drive to the country, but the two wind up stranded in a forest where they embark on an exhausting and enlightening...
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Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson – Hjartasteinn AKA Heartstone (2016)
Quote: A remote fishing village in Iceland. Teenage boys Thor and Christian experience a turbulent summer as one tries to win the heart of a girl while the other discovers new feelings toward his best...
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Amanzhol Aituarov – Prikosnoveniye (1989)
MDB: Nice and sad Fairytale I was pretty surprised to see this rare Kazach film. First of all it touches upon great Asian folk atmosphere and has wonderful music, partly composed by master of soviet...
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Narges Abyar – Nafas AKA Breath (2016)
Quote: Little Bahar lives a life spun from folklore and stories, always with her head in a book. But growing up in Yazd in the 1970s and ’80s, she’s at the centre of a country in turmoil: the Shah is...
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Rakhshan Bani Etemad – Zir-e poost-e shahr AKA Under the Skin of the City (2001)
Synopsis: Tuba works daily at a grueling textile factory in Iran, returning home every night to deal with the rest of her problematic family, which includes: a pregnant daughter whose husband beats...
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Bas Devos – Violet (2014)
Quote: 15-year-old Jesse is the only one who witnessed the stabbing of his friend Jonas. Now he has to face his family and friends form the BMX riders crew and explain the unexplainable – how he feels...
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