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Tag Archives: 1990s
A Comédia de Deus / God’s Comedy (1995) João César Monteiro, Cláudia Teixeira, Manuela de Freitas
João de Deus is the manager of an ice-cream shop owned by an ex-prostitute Read More »
La reina anónima / The Anonymous Queen (1992) Gonzalo Suárez, Carmen Maura, Marisa Paredes, Juanjo Puigcorbé
Ana’s life will never be the same from the moment she receives a visit from a strange woman. Read More »
Pari (1995) Dariush Mehrjui, Niki Karimi, Ali Mosaffa, Khosro Shakibai
Haunted by a book found in her dead brother’s room, Pari wanders around to find answers for a meaningful life. Read More »
Survive the Savage Sea (1992) Kevin James Dobson, Robert Urich, Ali MacGraw, Danielle von Zerneck
Jack and Claire Carpenter realize his life-long dream by selling the family farm Read More »
The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood (1990) Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Manuchehr Esmaili, Mojgan Naderi, Parvaneh Goharani
An embittered Professor and his daughter (whose job it is to nurse sucidal patients) try to deal with life in Iran before and after the fall of the Shah. Read More »
Baduk (1992) Majid Majidi, Mohammad Kasebi, Mehrollah Mazarehi, Norahmad Barahoi
Baduk is the name of the child who works in smuggling, due to poverty he Read More »
Karaoke (1996) Renny Rye, Albert Finney, Roy Hudd, Richard E. Grant
Obsessive, self-destructive London television scriptwriter Daniel Feeld finds his health Read More »
Tricks (1997) Kenneth Fink, Mimi Rogers, Tyne Daly, Callum Keith Rennie
Ex-showgirl and part-time hooker Jackie loses her legitimate job at a casino because of an abusive trick. Read More »
O Processo do Rei / The King’s Trial (1990) João Mário Grilo, Carlos Daniel, Aurelle Doazan, Antonino Solmer
At the time Portugal presented a strange spectacle to the rest of Europe. D. Afonso VI, son of the fortunate D. João de Bragança Read More »