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Tag Archives: 2000s
Olga’s Chignon (2002) Jérôme Bonnell
A bereaved young man falls in love with a shop assistant he glimpses in a window and secretly tries to get to know her better. Read More »
Doing Time (2002) – Yôichi Sai
A man serving a sentence in a minimum-security prison. Life in the jail is rigid and organized Read More »
Oorlogswinter / Winter in Wartime (2008) Martin Koolhoven
Near the end of World War II, 14-year-old Michiel becomes involved with the Resistance Read More »
Evelyn (2002) Bruce Beresford, Pierce Brosnan, Julianna Margulies, Aidan Quinn
1953. Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. Read More »
The Hero (2004) Zézé Gamboa, Makena Diop, Milton ‘Santo’ Coelho, Maria Ceiça
When he was 15, Vitório was recruited by Angolan army, where he would stay for two decades fighting. Read More »
Crustacean (2009) L.J. Dopp, Hannah Harper, Peter Atkins, Angela Berliner
A lobster-clawed freak from a lurid sideshow wreaks a wrath of bloody horror Read More »
Toronto Stories (2008) Robert Milicevic, Sudz Sutherland, Gil Bellows, Sook-Yin Lee, K.C. Collins
Various lives intersect over the course of 48 hours in Canada’s largest and most culturally diverse city. Read More »
The Statement (2003) Norman Jewison, Michael Caine, Tilda Swinton, Alan Bates
Set in modern day France, the story of Pierre Brossard who, as a young man, was a Nazi executioner under the Vichy regime. Read More »
Hard Days (2008) Faadi Farouk, Hesham Abdel Hamid, Randa Al Behery, Salwa Khattab
A famous director at an independent channel, known for tackling political issues, falls for a well-known TV host. Read More »