2001-2010

  • Claude Berri – Une femme de ménage AKA A Housekeeper (2002)

    2001-2010Claude BerriComedyFranceRomance

    Synopsis:
    One of France’s most respected filmmakers, Claude Berri here brings viewers the story of Jacques (Jean-Pierre Bacri) a middle-aged sound engineer whose wife has just left him. Living on his own for the first time in years, Jacques decides it’s high time to clean up his life, literally and figuratively. In short order he hires Laura (Emilie Dequenne, a bright, vivacious young housekeeper, to bring order to his apartment. Laura’s presence makes Jacques realize what has been missing from his life, and as their relationship evolves over the subsequent months, both Jacques and Laura gain uncomfortable knowledge of one another, and of themselves.Read More »

  • Emmanuel Mouret – Vénus et Fleur (2004)

    France2001-2010ComedyEmmanuel MouretRomance

    Quote:
    A frumpy young woman vacations in Marseilles in the large, empty villa of her uncle. She eats at a cafe next to a much hipper woman who she is startled to see sobbing openly. That same young woman appears at her door several hours later – oddly they have switched their exact same, pink beaded bags back at the restaurant. A connection is made, and an adventure begins for ‘Vénus et Fleur.’Read More »

  • Nicolas Klotz – La question humaine AKA Heartbeat Detector (2007)

    2001-2010DramaFranceNicolas Klotz

    Quote:
    Paris today. Simon works as psychologist in human resources department of petrochemical corporation. When Management gets him to investigate one of the factory’s executives, Simon’perception goes disturbingly chaotic and cloudy. The experience affects his body, his mind, his personal life and his sensibility. The calm assurance that made him such a rigorous technician starts to falter.Read More »

  • Rolf de Heer – Dr. Plonk [+extras] (2007)

    2001-2010AustraliaComedyRolf de HeerSilent

    Quote:
    A scientist & inventor in 1907, Dr Plonk, predicts that the world will end in 101 years, unless something is done about it. A comedy in the Charlie Chaplin / Buster Keaton tradition.Read More »

  • Jean-Marc Moutout – Violence des échanges en milieu tempéré AKA Work Hard, Play Hard (2003)

    2001-2010DramaFranceJean-Marc Moutout

    Quote:
    Philippe Seigner, a charming business school graduate from the French Pyrenees, starts his career in business consulting at the posh Paris seat of McGregor. His first serious task is a delicate one, an audit at the Janson food cans factory in the provinces, which is about to be taken over. As he soon realizes, this will mean sacking about 80 employees, as his boss Hugo Paradis knew from the start. However, his Paris girl friend reproaches him collaborating with ruthless capitalism, as if any of the downsizing could be stopped or mitigated by him bowing out. Nevertheless, as he gets to knew the threatened staff better he considers risking his career when his boss orders him to chose who should go. Meanwhile the factory staff starts realizing what’s about to happening.Read More »

  • Xavier Dolan – Les amours imaginaires AKA Heartbeats (2010) (HD)

    2001-2010CanadaDramaRomanceXavier Dolan

    Synopsis:
    The story of three close friends who are involved in a love-triangle.Read More »

  • Ken Burns & Lynn Novick – The War (2007)

    USA2001-2010DocumentaryKen BurnsLynn NovickWar

    Quote:
    THE WAR, a seven-part documentary series directed and produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, explores the history and horror of the Second World War from an American perspective by following the fortunes of so-called ordinary men and women who became caught up in one of the greatest cataclysms in human history.Read More »

  • Rami Imam – Hassan wa Morcus AKA Hassan and Marcus (2008)

    2001-2010DramaEgyptRami Imam

    When the lives of Sheikh Mahmoud, a Muslim preacher (played by Omar Sharif), and Boulos, a Christian priest (played by Adel Emam), are threatened by religious extremists on both sides, the Egyptian government inducts them into a witness protection program that requires them to disguise themselves as the Christian Marcus and the Muslim Sheikh Hassan, in a reversal of their religious identities. When they unwittingly move into the same building, a friendship blossoms that must, along with a romance between their respective children, withstand the difficulties of prejudice and social persecution. The film addresses issues of religious extremism, intolerance and sectarian violence, and emphasizes the possibility of friendship and love between members of different religions.Read More »

  • Radu Muntean – Boogie AKA Summer Holiday (2008)

    Drama2001-2010ComedyRadu MunteanRomania

    A ‘generation film’ about 30-somethings in Romania who deal with totally different issues than those of their parents. The businessman Bogdan (alias Boogie) is on a holiday with his family at the Black Sea and bumps into two old friends with whom he hopes to re-live the good old days.Read More »

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