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In a country in the South of Italy, the cult born around the death of a boy, Albert, who each day, from the time of his death, at 8:36, up to 16 “incarnates” in the body of her aunt handing out thanks to the pilgrims. Produced by Corona Cinematografica. Continue reading
Category Archives: Short Film
Luciano Emmer – Il miracolo di San Gennaro (1948)
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Made on behalf of a Catholic society, it is a short document about anthropological myths and rituals in the city of Naples narrated by Eduardo De Filippo. Long considered lost, it has recently re-emerged in a new light thanks to the restoration of the Cineteca of Bologna. Continue reading
Abbas Kiarostami – No (2010)
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A little girl with beautiful hair. She loves movies and wants to become an actress. She is being told about the plot of a movie that she is going to play: “a friend is jealous about her hair and cuts it when she is asleep”. The girl rejects playing the role. Then she is then told that she can play the jealous girl but she again rejects the role. Written by Anonymous Continue reading
L. Rezan Yesilbas – Sessiz – Be Deng (2012)
[SPOILER] A woman tries to give a pair of shoes to her husband, who is in prison. The story takes place in Diyarbakır,Turkey in 1984 after the military coup in 1980. In prison only allowed language to speak is Turkish. The film won “Palme D’or” for short film in Cannes Film Festival 2012. [SPOILER] Continue reading
Segundo de Chomon – Satan At Play (1907)

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In an unnamed place, his majesty Satan is bored. Despite his servants exertions, nothing can be found to cheer him up. Continue reading
Tony Gatlif – Canta, gitano (1982)

One of the unknown Gatlif movies, a short one.
Best Short Film – Fiction (Meilleur court métrage de fiction)- Cesar 1983
Gatlif plays himself in this one…pretty nice to see the guy that made Vengo (another great one!) dancing in a red shirt…
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Valérie Gaudissart – Céleste (2005)

In the French countryside, Céleste loves a postman who leaves her just before she realizes she is pregnant by him. For nine months, the solitary woman tries to hide her pregnancy, awaiting her boyfriend’s return rather than the coming of the baby… (IMDb) Continue reading




