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  • Valeria Bruni Tedeschi – Un château en Italie AKA A Castle in Italy (2013)

    Valeria Bruni Tedeschi2011-2020ArthouseComedyFrance
    Un château en Italie (2013)
    Un château en Italie (2013)

    Synopsis
    Louise’s dreams had long faded when she receives newfound hope in the form of the handsome Nathan. Meanwhile, as love begins to blossom, a family of Italian industrialists strive to persevere in uncertain times. Valeria Bruni Tedeschi directs, co-writes (alongside Agnès De Sacy and Noémie Lvovsky), and stars in this drama featuring Louis Garrel, and Filippo Timi.
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  • Pier Paolo Pasolini – Uccellacci e uccellini AKA The Hawks and the Sparrows (1966) (HD)

    Pier Paolo Pasolini1961-1970ArthouseItalyPolitics
    Uccellacci e uccellini (1966) (HD)
    Uccellacci e uccellini (1966) (HD)

    A man and his son take an allegorical stroll through life with a talking bird that spouts social and political philosophy.Read More »

  • Shirin Neshat & Shoja Azari – Zanan-e bedun-e mardan AKA Women Without Men (2009)

    2001-2010ArthouseDramaIranShirin NeshatShoja Azari
    Zanan e bedun e mardan (2009)
    Zanan e bedun e mardan (2009)

    Against the tumultuous backdrop of Iran’s 1953 CIA-backed coup d’état, the destinies of four women converge in a beautiful orchard garden, where they find independence, solace and companionship.Read More »

  • Dimitris Athanitis – Kamia sympatheia gia ton Diavolo AKA No Sympathy for the Devil (1997)

    Arthouse1991-2000CultDimitris AthanitisGreece
    Kamia sympatheia gia ton Diavolo (1997)
    Kamia sympatheia gia ton Diavolo (1997)

    Synopsis:
    A modern version of Orpheus and Eurydice. A romance in extremes set at a dystopian future by the acclaimed Greek director Dimitri Athanitis. Provocative, already a cult film.

    After being released from prison, Eurydice gets a job as a waitress but also as a naked model for a mysterious photographer who blackmails her. Orpheus, a cashier at a super market meets her by chance and falls for her at once. When he loses her, he shall travel all the way to hell, to get her back.

    Dimitri Athanitis’s take on the “Orpheus and Eurydice” myth is stylish and sexy. Lena Kitsipoulou is totally magnetic for her fellow characters and the viewer.Read More »

  • Yves Robert – La Guerre des boutons AKA War of the Buttons (1962)

    Yves Robert1961-1970ArthouseComedyFrance
    La Guerre des boutons (1962)
    La Guerre des boutons (1962)

    For generations, two rival French villages, Longueverne and Velrans, have been at war. But this is no ordinary conflict, for the on-going hostilities are between two armies of young schoolboys. Their idea of war may be less damaging than that practiced by their elders, but it is prosecuted with just as much spirit and determination. One year, the two armies decide to confiscate the buttons, shoelaces and belts of anyone they capture from the opposing side; victory will go to the army which manages to accumulate the greatest quantity of these spoils. When he is beaten by his father for having lost his buttons, the leader of the Longueverne army, Lebrac, has an idea which will give his side the advantage: next time, he and his brave soldiers will go in battle without their clothes…Read More »

  • Thomas Arslan – Der schöne Tag AKA A Fine Day (2001)

    2001-2010ArthouseDramaGermanyThomas Arslan
    Der schöne Tag (2001)
    Der schöne Tag (2001)

    Synopsis
    A day in the life of the 21 years old Deniz, who aims to become an actress and makes her living by dubbing movies. After she has split with her old boyfriend she gets to know Diego and spends the evening with him.Read More »

  • Jean-Marie Straub – Un héritier (2011)

    Jean-Marie Straub2011-2020ArthouseFrance
    Un héritier (2011)
    Un héritier (2011)

    It is about a text pulled from the book In service to Germany, written by Barrès in 1903 on the mount Saint-Odile. With as main actor Joseph Rottner, the director will follow the tracks of the young country doctor in walk in the mount Saint-Odile, through the roads which knew Barrès, up to the forest house of Ratsamhausen and around the famous heathen, unique wall in the region. Jean-Marie Straub will play himself the role of the inhabitant of Lorraine to which the young Alsatian speaks.Read More »

  • Zoltán Fábri – Hangyaboly AKA Ant-Hill (1971)

    1971-1980ArthouseDramaHungaryQueer Cinema(s)Zoltán Fábri
    Hangyaboly (1971)
    Hangyaboly (1971)

    The head of the nunnery is dying, and the members are divided in two groups as the election of the new head approaches. Led by Virginia, the younger nuns stand up for changing the strict religious dogmas and would like a modern school with genuine science, a bathroom to be built, and a freer spirit. Their candidate is sister Magdolna, who went to secular universities, too. The seminarists, led by Király Erzsi, also rebel against the older nuns’ strict discipline and the depressed atmosphere of the institution. However, Magdolna does not want to stay involved in the fight because she is deterred by Virginia’s sinful attraction towards her and the tools Virginia is using to gain victory at any price.Read More »

  • Zoltán Fábri – Dúvad AKA The Brute (1961)

    Zoltán Fábri1961-1970ArthouseDramaHungary
    Dúvad (1961)
    Dúvad (1961)

    The setting is the countryside, where an independent, landowning farmer busies himself in his free time by bedding down the women on his farm and then tossing them aside. One such ill-treated lass ends up marrying a young man who is in charge of a communal farm, a farm the womanizing “beast” of the title is later forced to join. The arrogant, formerly independent farmer does not reform his ways and is soon chasing after the young manager’s wife, the woman he dropped not that long ago.Read More »

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