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Tag Archives: 2000s
Vincere (2009) Marco Bellocchio
The story of Ida Dalser, who fell in love with the future Italian Fascist leader, Benito Mussolini Read More »
Owl and the Sparrow (2007) Stephane Gauger, Cat Ly, The Lu Le, Han Thi Pham
A child’s resilience and the kindness of strangers. Thuy is 10, an orphan, working in her uncle’s factory outside Saigon. Read More »
Beijing Rocks / Bak Ging lok yue liu (2001) Mabel Cheung, Daniel Wu, Le Geng, Shu Qi
A rock and roll story that portrays the decay of political Read More »
Taking Father Home / Bei yazi de nanhai (2005) Liang Ying, Xiaopei Liu, Jie Wang, Yun Xu
A 17 year old boy from a village in the Sechuan province leaves for the big city looking for his father Read More »
Darkness in the Light / Nippon no kuroi natsu – Enzai (2001) Kei Kumai, Kiichi Nakai, Akira Terao, Naomi Hosokawa
A middle-aged salaryman with a typical family, living quietly in a provincial city (Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture) Read More »
Enclosed Pain / Tojiru hi (2000) Isao Yukisada, Makoto Togashi, Tetsu Sawaki, Ayaka Maeda
A brother and sister share more than the standard love for each other, much more Read More »
Kenedi Is Getting Married / Kenedi se ženi (2007) Zelimir Zilnik, Kenedi Hasani, Salji Hasani, Beni Halitii
Kenedi is in a huge debt after building a house for his family. He finds himself searching for any kind of work to support himself Read More »
Complices (2009) Frédéric Mermoud, Gilbert Melki, Emmanuelle Devos, Cyril Descours
Both detectives on a sickening murder case struggle with being alone and childless in their 40s. Read More »
State of the World / O Estado do Mundo (2007) Ayisha Abraham, Chantal Akerman, Shyam Bahadur, Jurandyr Ferreira, Sakda Kaewbuadee
O Estado do Mundo is a compilation of 6 different short movies Read More »