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Flight Into France / Fuga in Francia (1948) Mario Soldati, Folco Lulli, Enrico Olivieri, Rosi Mirafiore
A former Fascist takes his son and escapes across the border into France Read More »
Jia ru wo shi zhen de / If I Were for Real (1981) Tung Wang, Kuan-Chen Hu, Alan Tam, Lin Hsiang
It is an adaptation of the 1979 play of the same name by Sha Yexin, Li Shoucheng and Yao Mingde, set in mainland China. Read More »
Man on the Tracks (1957) Andrzej Munk, Kazimierz Opalinski, Zygmunt Maciejewski, Zygmunt Zintel
In 1950, at night, a passenger train kills a man on the tracks. He is Orzechowski, an engineer since 1914. Read More »
Gheisar / Caesar (1969) Masud Kimiai, Behrouz Vossoughi, Pouri Baneai, Nasser Malekmotei
When Gheisar returns to town, he finds that his sister committed suicide after being raped and her brother was murdered. Read More »
Wajib / The Wedding Invitation (2017) Annemarie Jacir, Mohammad Bakri, Saleh Bakri, Tarik Kopty
A father and his estranged son must come together to hand deliver his daughter’s wedding Read More »
Omaret yakobean / The Yacoubian Building (2006) Marwan Hamed, Adel Imam, Nour El-Sherif, Youssra
Cairo: a 70-year-old building of once-luxury flats with tenements on the roof. Read More »
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema (1996) Stanley Kwan, Cheh Chang, Kaige Chen, Leslie Cheung
This highly personal film essay demonstrates that Chinese cinema has dealt with questions of gender and sexuality Read More »
International Lady (1941) Tim Whelan
The film opens with a German air-raid over the skies of London Read More »
The Vulture (1981) Yaky Yosha, Shraga Harpaz
Boaz, a reserve soldier returns from the battlefield and becomes involved in editing a memorial Read More »