
In rural France, an undernourished and unloved young boy attempts suicide. Based on the classic by Jules Renard. Read More »
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Guard! Alert! (1937) Jean Grémillon

A girl, left pregnant by a seducer, sets off to look for him when the child is born. Read More »
Le bonheur / Happiness (1935) Marcel L’Herbier

Released in English-speaking countries as Happiness, Le Bonheur was based on a play by Henry Bernstein. Read More »
Luxurious Bone (2001) Isao Yukisada

Two young women and a sex date who turns out to be an alright guy. Read More »
A Young Woman Named Xiao Yu (1995) Sylvia Chang

A Taiwanese comedy set in Lower Manhattan which chronicles the travails of two Taiwanese illegal aliens as they try to get a green card. Read More »
John and Irene (1949) Asbjørn Andersen, Anker Sørensen, Bodil Kjer, Ebbe Rode, Ib Schønberg

This sombre drama qualifies to be a true film noir. The atmosphere is sinister and depressing, and the performances are resigned and tragic. Read More »
Fan-Fan the Tulip / Fanfan la tulipe (1952) Christian-Jaque, Gérard Philipe, Gina Lollobrigida, Marcel Herrand

Fanfan is a handsome young peasant. He joins the army to escape a forced marriage Read More »
Abad va yek rooz / Life+1Day (2016) Saeed Roustayi, Peyman Moaadi, Navid Mohammadzadeh, Parinaz Izadyar

The graphic account of a poverty-stricken family living in Tehran through the days before the youngest daughter Read More »
Nihon kuroshakai / Ley Lines (1999) Takashi Miike, Shô Aikawa, Samuel Pop Aning, Takeshi Caesar

A group of Chinese youths living in Japan struggle to make their way Read More »
Ha-Notenet / The Slut (2011) Hagar Ben-Asher, Ishai Golan, Icho Avital

Tamar, 35, a beautiful young woman, lives alone with her two daughters. Read More »