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L'Enfant (2006)
... present another uncompromising, emotionally devastating depiction of human struggle with THE CHILD. Winner of the Palme d'Or at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival (their second, after 1999's ROSETTA), the film opens just as 20-year-old Bruno (Jeremie Renier) and his 18-year-old girlfriend Sonia (Deborah ... more info >>
Padre Padrone
The film that introduced brothers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani to a worldwide audience, an adaptation of Gavino Ledda's autobiographical PADRE PADRONE: THE EDUCATION OF A SHEPHERD, stars Severio Marconi as the the young Ledda. When he is only seven years old, the boy's harshly patriarchal father (Omero ... more info >>
Central Station (Special Edition)
Fernanda Montenegro's affecting performance, nominated for a Best Actress Oscar, is the centerpiece in this acclaimed Brazilian film. In the bustling heart of Rio de Janeiro, a young boy witnesses the accidental death of his mother. When a lonely, retired schoolteacher (Montenegro) reluctantly agrees ... more info >>
Murmur of the Heart (Criterion/1971) Criterion Collection
... , a sensitive and sexually curious teenage boy explores his identity, with a little help from his doting mother. The tender direction belies the film's provocative sexual themes, which caused it to be almost banned in France upon its release. more info >>
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A Nos Amours (1983) Criterion Collection
... sexual affairs in an attempt to gain the love and attention she lacked as a child at home. Recipient of the 1983 French "Cesar" for Best Film. more info >>
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Turtles Can Fly (2005)
The first feature film to emerge from Iraq after the American-led take-down of Saddam Hussein, Bhaman Ghobadi's TURTLES CAN FLY is a profoundly moving reminder that war spares nobody--not even a child--in its horrid wake. Between the borders of Iran and Turkey, the residents of an Iraqi Kurdistan village ... more info >>
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Kolya
... , and the unlikely duo struggles to adjust to their new lives in Prague on the eve of 1989's Velvet Revolution. Winner of the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film. Academy Award: Best Foreign Language Film. more info >>
Fat Girl (2001) Criterion Collection
... , the fat and thin sisters calmly share their most hateful feelings for each other. But nothing prepares the viewer for the final blow of the film, which sneaks up with a ferocity that pales the wolf-lamb scenario. Not a pretty picture, Breillat's shockingly realistic work features a fruity color scheme ... more info >>
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Second Circle (1990)
One of world's most elusive, iconoclastic, and inimitable film directors, Aleksandr Sokurov has become famous for his eerie meditations on the plight of man and the fate of culture. In THE SECOND CIRCLE, a man walks through a Siberian blizzard, arrives at a remote village, and begins the preparations ... more info >>
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L'Enfer (1994)
... and obsessive fantasies about Nelly's infidelity. As the pace and severity of Paul's delusions increase, so does the tension and drama of the film, as tragedy looms in the distance. The hotel, once the spot of married bliss and harmony, quickly becomes Nelly's prison, as Paul accuses Nelly's friends ... more info >>
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Paradise Now (2005)
... subject before co-authoring the script with colleague Bero Beyer, and fought off a few armed Palestinians in Nablus, which is where the bulk of the film's shooting took place. The story follows two young Palestinian men, Said (Kais Nashef) and Khaled (Ali Suliman), whose lives in the West Bank city ... more info >>
Jan Dara (2001)
... the family name. He sets about wreaking his revenge, inadvertently continuing the cycle of cruelty established by his father. This controversial film stars Asian sex goddess Christy Chung as Jan Dara's young stepmother and lover, and sent the Thai censors into convulsions with its overt sensuality that ... more info >>
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Great African Films - Vol. 3
This third volume continues to highlight the often underrepresented world of African cinema. Revenge and politics converge in DARATT, the story of a boy who sets out after the amnestied war criminal who killed his father. DESERT ARK follows two lovers from feuding families who try to find shelter in ... more info >>
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Great African Films - Vol. 1 (1995-1997)
This first volume offers a glimpse into the often underrepresented world of African cinema. The culture clash experienced by a Muslim family in HARAMUYA comments on the vast social and economic divisions which mark Burkina Faso's capital city. FARAW! tells the story of a mother who--after the return ... more info >>
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Great African Films - Vol. 2 (2001)
This second volume offers a further glimpse into the often underappreciated world of African cinema. In TASUMA, the false promises of French colonialism reap a comic recompense for a former French soldier. SIA, THE DREAM OF THE PYTHON, based on African legend, spins a magical tale of a blighted village ... more info >>
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Exquisite Short Films of Kihachiro Kawamoto
Farce Anthropo-Cynique" (with French dialogue), "Self-Portrait," "Kataku," "Dojoji," and two films featuring paper-cutout characters, "Oni" and "Shijin No Shogai. more info >>
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3 Films by Louis Malle (Criterion) Criterion Collection
... Gallic director Louis Malle produced a cinematic oeuvre of emotional complexity and diverse subject matter. This collection presents a trio of Malle films loosely connected through themes of childhood innocence and the hypocrisies of bourgeois French society: MURMUR OF THE HEART (1971), LACOMBE, LUCIEN ... more info >>
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Films of Kazuo Hara - A Dedicated Life
From maverick filmmaker Kazuo Hara (THE EMPEROR'S NAKED ARMY MARCHES ON) comes this riveting and moving portrait of controversial writer Mitsuharu Inoue. This long-running project of Hara's was hastened when Inoue was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Irrevocably, it changed the nature of the work: DEDICATED ... more info >>
Films of Raul Ruiz (1977)
... Raoul Ruiz's (TIME REGAINED) trademark mix of surrealism and innovative storytelling techniques is put on prominent display in this set of unique films. THREE CROWNS OF THE SAILOR concerns a sailor who tells far-fetched tales to a boy who has just committed a murder. THE HYPOTHESIS OF A STOLEN PAINTING ... more info >>
Films of Sergei Paradjanov
... , and ASHIK KERIB all create dreamlike experiences, balanced with the harsh realities of Russian history and the charm of its mythology. These films have stunned and inspired other directors over the years. They also put Paradjanov in direct conflict with the authorities, who sent him to the gulag for ... more info >>
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Fallen Angels (1996)
... and the results are an ingenious blend of art and entertainment, set amidst Hong Kong's bleak, urban landscape. One of the decade's most influential foreign films. more info >>
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Slant - Vol. 1
This initial volume contains short films spanning seven years of the Slant's Bold Asian American Images festival. Ranging widely in topic and genre, the films explore themes of human suffering, stereotypes, love, family, and comedy. more info >>
Johan van der Keuken - The Complete Collection, Vol. 3
The documentary work of Dutch filmmaker Johan van der Keuken offers a unique perspective on a vast array of topics. Van der Keuken's films were low budget, highly personal pieces that marked him out as one of the best experimental filmmakers to emerge from Holland. His life was unexpectedly cut short ... more info >>
Chinese Film Classics Collection - Crossroads/Daybreak (1937)
CROSSROADS: Post-University life doesn't go according to plan for the four central characters in this film from director Xiling Shen. DAYBREAK: Shanghai proves to be an unwelcome city for a woman from a small village in DAYBREAK. The woman is looking for her missing cousin, but the dark side of Shanghai ... more info >>
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Chinese Film Classics Collection - Spring in a Small Town (1948)
... being heavily censored by the Chinese government. Fortunately, the favorable tide of opinion from critics and those lucky enough to have seen the film has swept SPRING IN A SMALL TOWN into release once more, and the tale of a woman caught up in myriad relationships is presented here in an uncut version ... more info >>
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