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Poster for Reconciliation

2022 · ★ 7.0 (1)

A 19-year-old woman is killed by a bullet intended for her father in the tragic culmination of a bitter family feud between her father and his cousin, who is now imprisoned for murder. Or is her death just another twist in a saga of blood revenge? In the Albanian mountains, the ancient tribal law Kanun rules, and even though the killer is behind bars, the last word in the case has not been spoken. Religious and legal authorities - like the families involved - have their own powerful and conflicting interests in the controversial law, which is a taboo both in church and modern society. The question, however, is if the young woman’s father can find the faith to not only forgive his cousin, but also reconcile himself with him and break the vicious circle once and for all? Marija Zidar’s epic drama was filmed over 5 years in an obstinate patriarchal world, on the threshold of modern times. A mountain western from the old world, from the stuff of antique tragedies.

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Poster for Sometimes My Feet Go Numb

1996 · ★ 1.0 (2)

Wayne Corbitt recites a poem describing the pain he endures living with AIDS.

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Poster for Kajanaqtuq

2020 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Kajanaqtuq (2020) is a short experimental film that features the voice of Inuk elder Naulaq LeDrew. She speaks about her home in Nunavut, Canada and how Inuit lifestyles have changed since her youth. Altered Super 8mm film footage of the region illustrates her account of historical events and Inuit mythology.

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1984 · ★ 0.0 (0)

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Poster for Woman is Sweeter

1973 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A short film documenting the work and vitality of Yves Saint Laurent by Martine Barrat.

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Poster for Por Que Você Não Chora?

2020 · ★ 5.8 (13)

Strong and feminine, "Why don't you cry?" addresses the delicate topic of suicide. Jessica is very closed, Barbara is a time bomb. The two meet when, at the stage of the faculty of psychology, Jessica meets Barbara. The coexistence leads Jessica to question her empty and meaningless life.

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Poster for Before the Dawn

2020 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Eighty years ago, Weng Nao, a Taiwanese young man wrote essays and novels, documenting his life in Koenji, Tokyo. He dies on the eve of the Pacific War, and his death remains a mystery. Eighty years later, the directors come to Koenji to look for the forgotten truth.

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1977 · ★ 0.0 (0)

In THE WEB I delved for the first and only time into film as mischief-making; wicked, like a child.

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This lyrical, dramatic film explores the anguish that climate change and a global state of uncertainty can impart upon the human psyche.

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Poster for Gestrandet

2001 · ★ 0.0 (0)

I booked a holiday in Tunisia: one week in a 3-star hotel, and spent the entire time there. The film subjects everything to my own point of view: the architecture, the beach with its umbrellas, tourists who are both present and absent, the sort of biding that such hotels tend to be, and the sea.

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Poster for A Castle of Dream

1991 · ★ 0.0 (0)

"This morning, the young master proposed to me" says the maid of the mansion. But did he really proposed to her? The video, composed of still photographs, unfolds elegantly.

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2012 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Once a large bootlegger factory went bankrupt and turned into a small artel. But people did not become smaller. Valenki for them - not just shoes, it's the meaning and way of life. They understand their need. And they work in difficult physical conditions of work in a collapsing building on old equipment. And they do not regret their life, they rejoice to it ...

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2000 · ★ 0.0 (0)

La Puerta makes us spin out of control in the long and cruel corridors of an institutional nightmare.

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Poster for Draussen in Meinem Kopf

2018 · ★ 6.0 (3)

Christoph begins his year of civil service at a nursing home as the personal caretaker for 28-year-old Sven. The seriously ill young man is suffering from muscular dystrophy and his nursing room has become his own little microcosm which he has been sovereignly controlling for years.

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Poster for Maki'la

2018 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Maki has been on the streets a long time and is married to Mbingazor, the gang’s boss. But at some point, the 19-year-old has had enough of this gang of boys, who are too busy getting high and drunk to do anything with themselves. Survival must be secured. The next time money for food runs out, Maki crosses paths with the much younger Acha. This newcomer is a fresh arrival in Kinshasa, and doesn’t yet know the rules. Spurred on by Acha’s beginner’s luck as a thief, the pair set off on an adventure together, which soon arouses Mbingazor’s jealousy.

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2016 · ★ 0.0 (0)

This experimental film explores censorship of Iranian women’s dance performance and what constitutes a woman’s ”body” in the digital age. Given that women "dancing" in public is illegal in Iran today — and even animated movies are censored — the filmmaker sets out to play with the edge of what constitutes a body, a dance, or an Iranian woman.

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Poster for In the French

2016 · ★ 6.0 (1)

In 1981, Roland-Garros management offers William Klein the exclusive opportunity to film the tournament. As a tennis fan, the photographer accepts without hesitation and directs The French, a mythic documentary. Nearly 35 years later, In the French presents a contemporary snapshot of a stadium that has gone through major changes—yet the Roland Garros DNA carries on with passion, anxiety and joy. The greatest tennis generation since 1981 is immor- talized by an outstanding cast: Nadal, Djokovic, Federer, Murray, Tsonga, Serena Williams…In the French is a story of the yellow ball and the evolution of this Grand Slam tournament.

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2013 · ★ 0.0 (0)

From 1977 to 1991 an image of Slovenia as a green, demilitarised and peaceful country of diligent people reigned in Yugoslavia, a country where differences are not only allowed, but also desired. This period ends with a ten-day war, when the identity turns from peacefulness, modesty and diligence into courage and a fighting spirit. The film documents the changes in Slovenia and its inhabitants, which have in recent years brought us to a completely different understanding of national identity, different from the one which was true in Slovenia as well as abroad twenty years ago.

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2015 · ★ 10.0 (1)

A documentary about a family of four generations in Flossenbürg, a village in the Upper Palatinate in Bavaria. The film shows in quiet observations the lives of the village residents and the coexistence of housewife and mother Kerstin and her daughter Lena.

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Poster for Dieu que les femmes sont amoureuses

1994 · ★ 7.0 (1)

Anne divides her time between her children, a 16-year-old son and twins Lili and Lolotte and her work as an editor. Her life is turned upside down by the reappearance on the scene of Arthur, one of her first loves, whom she never wanted to see again. He doesn't know that he is the father of the twins but he is determined to win Anne over. The trouble is, she is surrounded by men desperate for her hand and thinks she is in love with one of them.

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