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Wedding Doll AKA Hatuna MeNiyar (2015) Nitzan Gilady, Moran Rosenblatt, Assi Levy, Roy Assaf
Hagit, a young woman with mild mental deficiency, works in a toilet-paper factory. Read More »
To Take a Wife AKA Ve’Lakhta Lehe Isha (2004) Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz, Simon Abkarian, Gilbert Melki
The story takes place in Haifa, Israel, in 1979, during three days before the Shabbat. Read More »
Jacob the Liar AKA Jakob, der Lügner [+Extra] (1974) Frank Beyer, Vlastimil Brodský, Erwin Geschonneck, Henry Hübchen
A Jewish ghetto in central Europe, 1944. By coincidence, Jakob Heym eavesdrops Read More »
Miss Nitouche AKA Mam’zelle Nitouche (1954) Yves Allégret, Fernandel, Pier Angeli, Jean Debucourt
Denise discovered that Celestin leads a double life: he composes operetta Read More »
Hugo and Josephine AKA Hugo och Josefin (1967) Kjell Grede, Fredrik Becklén, Marie Öhman, Beppe Wolgers
Josefin is a six year old girl who lives isolated in the countryside, where her father is a priest. Read More »
The human promise AKA Ningen no yakusoku (1986) Yoshishige Yoshida, Rentarô Mikuni, Chôichirô Kawarasaki, Orie Satô
An old woman has died and her widower with dementia confesses to killing her. Read More »
Akitsu Springs AKA Akitsu onsen (1962) Yoshishige Yoshida, Mariko Okada, Hiroyuki Nagato, Sô Yamamura
The day before Japan announces its defeat in WW2, a very ill Shusaku arrives in Okayama. Read More »
What Time Is It? AKA Che ora è? (1989) Ettore Scola, Marcello Mastroianni, Massimo Troisi, Anne Parillaud
A father and his son who lived seperated for some time meet each other Read More »
The Gist AKA Saaransh (1984) Mahesh Bhatt, Anupam Kher, Rohini Hattangadi, Soni Razdan
B.V Pradhan a retired school teacher lives with his wife Parvati in Shivaji Park Read More »
Frontier (2001) David Zellner, Wiley Wiggins, Nathan Zellner
After their feature debut PLASTIC UTOPIA was deemed too strange Read More »
Blind Shaft AKA Mang jing (2003) Yang Li, Qiang Li, Baoqiang Wang, Shuangbao Wang
Two Chinese coal miners have hit upon the perfect scam: murder one of their fellow mine workers Read More »
Bob Wilson’s Life & Death of Marina Abramovic (2012) Giada Colagrande, Marina Abramovic, Robert Wilson, Willem Dafoe
“Bob Wilson’s Life & Death of Marina Abramovic” follows the coming together Read More »
The Lambeth Walk (1939) Albert de Courville, Lupino Lane, Sally Gray, Seymour Hicks
When Bill Snibson, a Lambeth cockney, discovers that he is a descendant Read More »
The Great American Broadcast (1941) Archie Mayo, Alice Faye, Jack Oakie, John Payne
After serving in World War I, two army buddies (John Payne and Jack Oakie) become partners Read More »