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  • Raúl Perrone – Ragazzi (2014)

    Raúl Perrone2011-2020ArgentinaArthouseExperimental

    1 – the last day in the life of Pasolini but from the look of his aggressor a ragazzi – like any other his friends – his environment – his tragedy

    2 – a group of ragazzis working with their wooden carts in the city of Cordoba but the gaze is focus on them – playing in the river and with a mysterious woman Ragazzi is a symphony in two movementsRead More »

  • Aki Kaurismäki – Kuolleet lehdet AKA Fallen Leaves (2023)

    Aki Kaurismäki2021-2030ArthouseFinland
    Kuolleet lehdet (2023)
    Kuolleet lehdet (2023)

    PLOT: In modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a karaoke bar. However, their path to happiness is beset by obstacles – from lost phone numbers to mistaken addresses, alcoholism, and a charming stray dog.Read More »

  • Nico Hofmann – Solo für Klarinette AKA Solo for Clarinet (1998)

    1991-2000ArthouseDramaGermanyNico Hofmann
    Solo für Klarinette (1998)
    Solo für Klarinette (1998)

    Berlin, Germany. A cruel murder took place in an appartment building. Somebody bit off quite a piece of the victim’s penis, who then, of course, lost a lot of blood, before being struck down at the head. Leading investigator Bernhard Kominka, being in stress due to a mentally retarded son and a problematic wife, seems to be the only one to see a lady in a red coat. After a while, his theory of her being the murderer may prove to be true, but the Cop also kind of fell in love with this new, interesting person in both of his lives: professional and private as well. Borders dissolve. His decision may be disastrous in any way.Read More »

  • Stefan Krohmer – Sommer ’04 AKA Summer ’04 (2006)

    Stefan Krohmer2001-2010ArthouseGermanyThriller
    Sommer '04 (2006)
    Sommer ’04 (2006)

    A family vacation sets the stage for an often uncomfortable generational battle. Krohmer constructs an unpredictable love triangle between Miriam (Martina Gedeck), a still-radiant forty-something mother and wife, her son’s 12-year-old girlfriend, Livia (Svea Lohde) and Bill (Robert Seeliger), the charming American expat in his twenties to whom both women find themselves drawn.Read More »

  • Xavier Giannoli – Quand j’étais chanteur AKA The Singer (2006)

    Xavier Giannoli2001-2010ArthouseDramaFrance
    Quand j’étais chanteur (2006)
    Quand j’étais chanteur (2006)

    Gérard Depardieu has at last returned to his true form in THE SINGER, which was a huge hit in France. Xavier Giannoli has created a genuinely touching love story which displays humour and a sense of compassion for its characters.

    Depardieu plays the part of Alain Moreau, a nightclub crooner in Clermont-Ferrand described by one critic as: “much lower in the food chain than Charles Aznavour, but cut from the same cloth.”Read More »

  • Danniel Danniel – Ei AKA Egg (1988)

    1981-1990ArthouseComedyDanniel DannielNetherlands
    Ei AKA Egg (1988)
    Ei AKA Egg (1988)

    Presentation from the San Francisco Film Festival :
    “Johan de Bakker is a first-rate baker, meticulous in his trade and exacting in his recreational pursuits which include balancing eggs, building towers of pebbles by the river and waiting stoically in the town square for the daily bus to arrive. Illiterate and hardly exacting in his social skills, Johan is a 35-year-old child and the enigmatic hero of this charming Dutch comedy. His slightly more worldly friends decide to play Cyrano and their ghostwritten love letters on his behalf provoke a woman’s visit “from foreign climes.” Set in a tiny village in the north of Holland, Egg takes its eccentric characters at face value and Israeli-born writer-director Danniel Danniel’s cheerfully deadpan approach is reminiscent of early Jacques Tati. Skillfully introducing the villagers through their mundane routines, Danniel weaves a whimsical fable based in limited realities where “more than one outcome is possible. With a talented cast, Egg succeeds as an offbeat comedy through understatement and authentic charm.”
    —Richard PenaRead More »

  • Matjaz Klopcic – Sedmina AKA Funeral Feast (1969)

    Matjaz Klopcic1961-1970ArthouseDramaYugoslaviaYugoslavian Cinema under Tito
    Sedmina (1969)
    Sedmina (1969)

    Quote:
    Funeral Feast, the film with the unforgettable masterfully-edited seven-minute shoot-out in the Tivoli park, takes place in the spring of 1941, when the war engulfs the lives of the Ljubljana youth as well. The affairs of the heart result in a liaison with an enemy officer, while the rebellion leads to organized resistance.

    Like in the majority of Slovenian films, in Funeral Feast the actors from the other former Yugoslav republics were overdubbed by Slovenian actors: Boris Juh lent his voice to Rade Šerbedžija, Mojca Ribič to Snežana Nikšić, and Štefka Drolc to Milena Dravić.Read More »

  • Attila Janisch – Másnap aka After the Day Before (2004)

    Attila Janisch2001-2010ArthouseCrimeHungary
    Másnap (2004)
    Másnap (2004)

    Imdb Plot Summary wrote:
    Somewhere, in a sparsely populated region, a girl is brutally murdered. The inhabitants are watching with suspicion each other and every stranger who comes here. They drive out anybody who strays even slightly from their unwritten rules. One such person is a 15-year-old girl, who seems to be hated by everyone in this place. Everyone has the idea that they will rid themselves of her, regardless of the costRead More »

  • Igor Minaiev – Navodneniye AKA L’inondation AKA The Flood (1993)

    1991-2000ArthouseDramaFranceIgor Minaiev
    Navodneniye (1993)
    Navodneniye (1993)

    This is 1920: Sophia and Trofim Ivanytch have been living on Vassilievski Island, which is part of Petrograd, for thirteen years. In their house, which looks like a ship wreck, the atmosphere is gloomy. Sophia cannot have children and she is aware that, because of that, she is likely to lose her husband. That is why, when their neighbor dies, she asks Trofim to take in Ganka, his orphaned thirteen-year-old daughter. Trofim agrees and their new life begins…Read More »

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