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J. Soares – A Filha do Advogado aka The Daughter of the Lawyer (1926)
“In Recife, Dr. Paulo is an important lawyer that has a daughter, Heloísa, with his paramour and living in the country. A few days before traveling to Europe, Dr. Paulo asks to a close friend to bring...
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Bruno Dumont – Camille Claudel, 1915 (2013) (HD)
Quote: Winter, 1915. Confined by her family to an asylum in the South of France – where she will never sculpt again – the chronicle of Camille Claudel’s reclusive life, as she waits for a visit from...
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Sedat Pakay – James Baldwin: From Another Place (1973)
Quote: It was shot in Istanbul, Turkey, where Baldwin was living and writing. In the film, the author talks about living abroad, the black experience in America, and his controversial private life....
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Nikolay Khomeriki – 977 AKA Nine Seven Seven (2006)
Synopsis: Serious boffin Ivan (Fedor Lavrov) arrives in unnamed town from Novosibirsk to take up a post at institute run by Sergey Sergeyevich (Pavel Lubimtsev) and is immediately put in charge of...
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Cecil M. Hepworth – Alice in Wonderland (1903)
Feature film 1903 UK This was the very first film version of “Alice” and encapsulated much of the “Wonderland” story into a short ten minute feature. Despite the infancy of the film-making process,...
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Richard Myers – Akran (1969)
B&W, SOUND. Electronic music by Fred Coulter. With Bob Ohlrich, Pat Myers, Jake Leed, Mary Leed. “… a work of ambition and great technical virtuosity … there is enough going on in AKRAN to command...
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Aleksandr Sokurov – Solntse AKA The Sun (2005)
Plot: As Japan nears defeat at the end of World War II, Emperor Hirohito starts his day in a bunker underneath the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. A servant reads to him a list of activities for the day,...
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Virpi Suutari – Hilton! (2013)
Quote: The roughly beautiful Hilton! gives the viewer a glimpse of life in a modern society, a life that young persons lead. Janne, Toni, Mira, Pete and Make live in a tenement owned by a youth...
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James Benning – Twenty Cigarettes (2011)
Naked Repose: A Conversation with James Benning about “Twenty Cigarettes” Written by Darren Hughes Published on 07 October 2011 James Benning “The guard is down and the mask is off, even more than in...
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Max Färberböck – Aimée & Jaguar [+Extras] (1999)
Berlin 1943/44 (“The Battle of Berlin”). Felice, an intelligent and courageous Jewish woman who lives under a false name, belongs to an underground organization. Lilly, a devoted mother of four,...
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Kenneth Anger – Scorpio Rising (1964)
Quote: Scorpio Rising , a landmark in the American underground film, confirmed Kenneth Anger’s reputation as a major talent and, at the time of its release, created a stir which reached from the pages...
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Kelly Reichardt – River of Grass (1994)
Quote: River of Grass has all the elements of a conventional road movie: a car, a gun, criminal plans, and young lovers on the run from an angry father who also happens to be a suspended police...
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Ashutosh Gowariker – Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India AKA Land Tax (2001)
Synopsis: Considered to be a modern classic of Indian cinema, LAGAAN is a musical drama which tells the story of a central Indian farming village in 1893. The village waits for the monsoons to come...
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Harold D. Schuster – Loophole (1954)
Synopsis: Everything’s going right for Mike Donovan (Barry Sullivan). He came home after the war, married his gal, got a regular job as a bank teller in Hollywood, makes payments on a house in the...
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Jacques Rivette – Va savoir (2001)
From French Film Guide: The first years of the new millenium have marked something of a revival for the French New Wave, with Nouvelle Vague directors Claude Chabrol, Eric Rohmer and Jacques Rivette...
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François Truffaut – Antoine et Colette (1962)
This short, the second film to feature Truffaut’s alter ego Antoine Doinel, was originally made for the omnibus film Love at Twenty but has outlived its companions. As romantic and gently ironic as...
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Igor Cobileanski – Sasa, Grisa & Ion (2006)
Synopsis: Three maintenance technicians, sent off to dig up and repair a faulty cable find themselves at odds with the blistering cold outside, a bottle of vodka and their own ingenuity....
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Jill Orschel – Sister Wife (2009)
Quote: An interview with a Mormon Fundamentalist who shares a husband with her younger sister. http://keep2share.cc/file/52259835284bd/Sister%20Wife%20%282009%29.avi...
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Bodil Ipsen & Lau Lauritzen – Café Paradis (1950)
From: Wikipedia: Café Paradis (English Title: Paradise Cafe) is an award-winning Danish film made in 1950, directed by Bodil Ipsen and Lau Lauritzen Jr., and written by Johannes Allen. The film...
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Roberto Rossellini – Era notte a Roma AKA It Was Night in Rome [Cannes 1960...
There are two versions of this film: the Italian theater version, and the extended version presented at Cannes 1960, both in Italian. This is the latter. PLOT SYNOPSIS: In keeping with his previous...
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