A poker-playing restaurateur and former traveling salesman befriends a group of refugees newly arrived to Finland.
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2011-2020
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Aki Kaurismäki – Toivon tuolla puolen AKA The Other Side of Hope (2017)
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Pol Cruchten – Voices from Chernobyl AKA La supplication (2016)
2011-2020DocumentaryLuxembourgPol CruchtenThis film does not deal with Chernobyl, but rather with the world of Chernobyl, about which we know very little. Eyewitness reports have survived: scientists, teachers, journalists, couples, children… They tell of their old daily lives, then of the catastrophe. Their voices form a long, terrible but necessary supplication which traverses borders and stimulates us to question our status quo.Read More »
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Oliver Laxe – Mimosas (2016)
2011-2020DramaMoroccoOliver LaxeMimosas (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 and Qatar. It was screened in the International Critics’ Week section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Nespresso Grand Prize.Read More »
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Mark Cousins – Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise (2015)
2011-2020DocumentaryExperimentalHiroshima at 75Mark CousinsUnited KingdomThis hypnotic documentary by cinephile par excellence Mark Cousins takes a brave – but increasingly rewarding – abstract angle by seeking through aesthetic rather than conventional exposition to capture the strange, sensory ethos of the Atomic age (a period spanning approximately 1940-60 but having a far-reaching legacy up to the present day). Using Mogwai’s ethereal electronic soundtrack as his conduit, Cousins takes us through the history of the Atomic period through sound and image alone (there is no overt narration) – even trying ambitiously to suggest that splitting the atom and creating atomic weapons were not in themselves immediately malign developments but almost the end-game of a form of evolution, and symbol of mankind’s mastery over the properties of his planet. Hence Cousins finds in the famous, awe-inspiring images of atomic mushroom clouds a correlation with more common sights of proliferation in nature (a bud that grows, a flower that blooms, sperm that fertilises an egg).Read More »
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Nely Reguera – María (y los demás) AKA Maria and Everybody Else (2016)
2011-2020DramaNely RegueraSpainQuote:
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 age of 35, she’ll have to change her fate.Read More » -
Dane Komljen – Svi severni gradovi AKA All the Cities of the North (2016)
2011-2020Dane KomljenDramaSerbiaQuote:
In an abandoned bungalow complex two man have made themselves a peaceful haven. Although the relationship between them is unclear, the unexpected arrival of the third man is going to disrupt their little utopia.
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Jonás Trueba – Los exiliados románticos AKA The Romantic Exiles (2015)
2011-2020ComedyDramaJonás TruebaSpainQuote:
Vito, Luis and Francesco are three Spanish friends around thirty who travel by van to Paris for no apparent reason, just looking for a reunion with their respective ancient, idyllic and yet ephemeral love affairs, perhaps with the only mission of surprising themselves and continue to still feel alive.Read More » -
Eduardo Williams – El auge del humano AKA The Human Surge (2016) (HD)
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Evangelia Kranioti – Exotica, Erotica, Etc. (2015)
2011-2020DocumentaryEvangelia KraniotiFranceQuote:
” Sailors are like terrorists. They arrive in ports with a bomb called love and throw it. And do you know what happens? The bomb explodes when they go away and they never come back, destroying the hearts of all the girls in the neighborhood. How strange – To love somebody who pays you…”Read More »