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James Goldstone – Rollercoaster (1977)
Quote: Originally augmented with the Sensurround technique to simulate the thrills of its title, “Rollercoaster” spins a tale of one man holding thousands of lives at stake. A quiet man with a deep...
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Dan Pita – Femeia visurilor AKA Dream Woman (2005)
This full feature movie presents the story of a renowned director, Thomas (Dan Condurache), at the peak of his career, obsessed by the hallucinations of the desired woman, but also of his creative...
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Alain Tanner – Jonas et Lila, à demain (1999)
A fake sequel to Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l’an 2000 (1976). Jonas is now indeed 25, has studied cinema and is living with his black lover, Lila, in Geneva, Switzerland. Between disillusions and the...
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Jacques Audiard – Un Prophète AKA A Prophet (2009)
Synopsis Malik El Djebena is just 19 when he is sent to prison for six years. Immediately, he falls in with a group of Corsican prisoners who rule the roost. From his experiences with these hardened...
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Ingmar Bergman – Riten AKA Ritual (1969)
Riten A judge in an unnamed country interviews three actors, together and singly, provoking them while investigating a pornographic performance for which they may face a fine. Their relationships are...
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Walerian Borowczyk – Blanche (1971)
Quote: In this remarkable film, Borowczyk, through his commitment to ambiguity (notably in his framing, which forever denies the foreground/background opposition) and his belief in almost...
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Paul Meyer – Déjà s’envole la fleur maigre AKA From the Branches Drops the...
A diverse group of people from different nationalities struggle to earn a living in a Belgian coal-mining town. Hoping to find a better life, the dreams are shattered when coal prices hit an all-time...
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Zal Batmanglij – The East (2013)
An operative for an elite private intelligence firm finds her priorities changing dramatically after she is tasked with infiltrating an anarchist group known for executing covert attacks upon major...
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Louise Archambault – Familia (2005)
Quote: Michele, a divorced aerobics instructor with a gambling addiction, loses her job and seeks refuge with a childhood friend, Janine, who lives in a seemingly comfortable middle-class suburban...
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Ermanno Olmi – Il villaggio di cartone AKA The Cardboard Village (2011)
Quote: Leave it to an old master to strip a complex question down to its basics, leave aside all the anxiety and handwringing, and discover compassion as a basic reflex, a core value of a Europe few...
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Marina Razbezhkina – Vremya zhatvy AKA Harvest Time (2004)
Synopsis: Winner of a Golden Plaque award at the Chicago International Film Festival “for its complex and poetic evocation of an ambiguous period in Soviet history,” Marina Razbezhkina’s debut film...
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Dorota Kedzierzawska – Wrony AKA Crows (1994)
Quote: A kidnapped happiness In Wrony (Crows, 1994), the central place is given once again to a little girl, this time set against the background of a small town. It also is a film about love, but...
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Abel Ferrara – China Girl (1987)
Janet Maslin from NY Times SLEAZE has few champions, but Abel Ferrara is one of them, having made some of the liveliest exploitation films (among them ”Ms. 45” and ”Fear City”) in recent years. Mr....
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Andrey Konchalovskiy – Pervyy uchitel AKA The First Teacher (1965)
Synopsis: Soviet Union, near the Chinese border, 1923. A stranger has just come in this little country village. He is a teacher, sent by the Communist Party to teach the ignorant masses. But the...
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Ingmar Bergman – Fanny och Alexander [Theatrical Version] (1982)
Plot Synopsis from ALLMOViE: Though he made allusions to his own life in all of his films, Fanny and Alexander was the first overtly autobiographical film by Ingmar Bergman. Taking his time throughout...
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Pedro Almodóvar – Julieta (2016)
Quote: Julieta (Emma Suarez) is a middle-aged woman living in Madrid with her boyfriend Lorenzo. Both are going to move to Portugal when she casually runs into Bea, former best friend of her daughter...
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Fred Zinnemann – The Member of the Wedding (1952)
Quote: A film version of the Carson McCullers play. Frankie Addams, a very boyish articulate 12-year-old girl, is going through an unhappy stage of her life, having been spurned by the neighborhood...
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Otto Jongerius – Twee vorstinnen en een vorst AKA Two Queens and One Consort...
Synopsis: At the deathbed of his used-to-be militant mother an older man looks back at his childhood, when he was in love with his sensual aunt Coleta....
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Mohsen Makhmalbaf – Salaam Cinema (1995)
Synopsis: Makhmalbaf puts an advertisement in the papers calling for an open casting for his next movie. However when hundreds of people show up, he decides to make a movie about the casting and the...
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Jean-Pierre Melville – Bob le flambeur (1956)
Bob, a middle-aged gambler and thief, plans a complicated heist. He deals with a number of underworld characters while planning the robbery of the Deauville Casino. Bob eventually hires a gang that...
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