Buenos Aires at the end of summer. Marina, Sofia and Violeta are alone in the family home after their grandmother, who had brought them up, has died. They have to come to terms with her death, each in her own way. Marina concentrates on her studies while looking after the household, whereas Sofia becomes obsessed by her appearance and goes out with friends. As for Violeta, she wanders around between bedroom and sitting room where, from time to time, she receives an older man. Discord, laughter, meanness, gestures of affection determine the rhythm of this period of uncertainty, until one day in autumn Violeta disappears without warning…
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Drama
Air Doll / Kûki ningyô (2009) Hirokazu Koreeda, Doona Bae, Arata Iura, Itsuji Itao
Middle-aged Hideo lives alone with an inflatable doll he calls Nozomi. The doll is his closest companion. He dresses it up, talks to it over dinner, and has sexual intercourse with it. However, unbeknown to Hideo, Nozomi was created with a heart…
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Alemaya (2004) Ilias Giannakakis, Ivonni Maltezou, Dimitris Katalifos, Ekavi Douma
In the Greek community of Ethiopia in the 1960s, a rich Greek disrupts the relationship between his well-bred daughter and a young man. Three decades later they meet again…
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Sorekara / And Then… (1985) Yoshimitsu Morita, Yûsaku Matsuda, Miwako Fujitani, Kaoru Kobayashi
This is a probing tale set in turn of the century Japan, involving three people trapped in a complex relationship of love and friendship. Daisuke (Yusaku Matsuda) is supposed to be out looking for a respectable job and equally respectable wife. He is 30 years old and devotes his attention to music and literature; his family is wealthy and can support his interests.
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Insignificance (1985) Nicolas Roeg, Gary Busey, Tony Curtis, Theresa Russell
Four 1950’s cultural icons (Albert Einstein, Marilyn Monroe, Joe DiMaggio Read More »
Cobra Verde (1987) Werner Herzog, Klaus Kinski, King Ampaw, José Lewgoy
The feared bandit Cobra Verde (Klaus Kinski) is hired by a plantation owner to supervise his slaves. Read More »