Drama

  • Cristiano Bortone – Rosso come il cielo AKA Red Like the Sky (2006)

    2001-2010Cristiano BortoneDramaItaly

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    AMG: Cristiano Bortone’s inspirational Italian-language drama Red Like the Sky recounts the incredible true story of the early life of blind sound editor Mirco Mencacci. The victim of a freak childhood accident in 1970 that robbed him permanently of his sight, Mencacci is shipped off to a Genoan boarding school for Catholic boys, per the stipulations of the Italian government. Not one to be daunted or repressed, Mirco forges a heartwarming friendship with the daughter of the school gatekeeper; the two abscond together, via her bicycle, on a series of secret trips to the closest cinema. Meanwhile, at the school, Mirco also begins recording his own sound dramas with the school’s tape recorder and the use of audio books in the institution’s library. In time, the innovative young man invites other students to participate, who eagerly accept, and Mirco uses the activity to help each fellow student identify his own innate gifts and pursue his dreams. But when he leads a cadre of boys on a covert expedition to the cinema, the school administrators take swift and decisive action.Read More »

  • Robert Kramer – Route One USA (1989)

    1981-1990DocumentaryDramaRobert KramerUSA

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    Quote:
    From more than 65 hours of film footage, acclaimed American independent filmmaker
    Robert Kramer crafted this epic portrait of the famous highway that runs from Maine
    to Key West, Florida. Route One/USA shows how what was once the most traveled roadway
    in the world has become, in the words of the filmmaker, “a thin stretch of asphalt
    cutting through the dreams of a nation.”Read More »

  • Kristina Humle – Krama mig (2005)

    2001-2010DramaKristina HumleSweden

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    Minna, 19, lives in a small dusty town. She and her friend Simone roam the streets, have tedious jobs, and try to entertain themselves by falling in love with the wrong men. Minna is still affected by her mother’s death a few years ago which has left her with heartache and uncertainty. Gradually Minna understands that she has to break up from her old life. One day opportunity comes knocking and Minna sees a chance to move on. A touching and comical film about a young girl’s quest to find love and happiness.
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  • Raoul Ruiz – Bérénice (1983)

    1981-1990ArthouseDramaFranceRaoul Ruiz

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    Synopsis:
    ‘A lush, baroque adaptation of Jean Racine’s 1670 tragedy about a Roman emperor who bends to popular will and declines to marry the Palestinian queen he loves.’
    – IMDbRead More »

  • Shunji Iwai – Riri Shushu no subete AKA All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)

    Drama2001-2010JapanShunji Iwai

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    Quote:
    Shunji Iwai’s Lily Chou-Chou offers eternal peace. She’s ethereal, the rebirth of death (indeed, she was born the moment Mark David Chapman shot and killed John Lennon), and all-powerful, a voice for a pop-cyber culture that feeds on her Björkness. In All About Lily Chou-Chou, fans of the fictional singer use her “amniotic” music to detach themselves from the violence that consumes Japanese culture. Yuichi (Hayato Ichihara) is obsessed with Lily: He gets busted for shoplifting one of her CDs and engages in endless conversations on the website Liliphilia with fellow Lily-heads, “connecting” with the so-called ether that is Lily, just like he melds into colorful rice fields whenever he listens to Lily sing. While Yuichi is quiet and reserved, his online handle (“philia”) suggests a boy erupting with adult emotions, and though his friendship with “blue cat” is elusive it still feels within reach. Such is the dreaminess and possibility the film taps into.Read More »

  • Dan Castle – Newcastle (2008)

    2001-2010AustraliaDan CastleDramaErotica

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    IMDB:
    Newcastle’ is a coming-of-age/family drama/surfing movie. 17-year old Jesse lives in the shadow of his older brother Victor’s failure to become surfing’s Next Big Thing. Even when he’s in his natural habitat of magnificent surf breaks, his blue-collar future is brought home by the coal barges that constantly line his horizon. Jesse has the natural skills to surf his way out of this reality and onto the international circuit but can he overcome his equally natural ability to sabotage himself? A momentous weekend away with his mates that includes first love and tragedy leads him to discover what’s really important, and also to the performance of a lifetime. Written by Anonymous Read More »

  • Aleksandr Razumnyj – Mat aka Mother [Incomplete] (1919)

    1911-1920Aleksandr RazumnyjDramaSilentUSSR

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    First screen adaptation of Gorky’s ” Mother”
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  • Paul Schrader – Cat People (1982)

    1981-1990DramaFantasyPaul SchraderUSA

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    Plot :The Cat People originated way back in time, when humans sacrificed their women to Leopards, who mated with them. Cat People look similar to humans, but must mate with other Cat People. We follow brother and sister – who seem to be the only ones of their kind leftRead More »

  • Georg Lhotzky – Moos auf den Steinen aka Moss on the Stones (1968)

    1961-1970ArthouseAustriaDramaGeorg Lhotzky

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    Description
    Engaged to the daughter of an aging baron, an ambitious advertising executive wishes to renovate the baron’s crumbling castle into a holiday getaway for the social elite. In his zeal to seal the deal, he manages to alienate his friends, lose his fiancee, and end up with nothing.

    Based on Gerhard Fritsch novel, nominated for the Academy Awards. With avantgarde jazz music by Friedrich Gulda. Considered the first film of New Austrian Cinema in 1968.Read More »

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