Author Atiq Rahimi’s adapts his own bestselling novel about a Muslim woman whose paralyzed husband unconsciously assumes the role of syngué sabour, which shields her from the sorrows of life in her war-torn village. Her unnamed Middle Eastern country caught up in the insurrection, the loyal, thirty-something wife faithfully sits watch over her vegetative husband, who has been all-but forgotten by his brothers and fellow Jihadists. Over time, she gathers the courage to tell her husband all of the things she had remained silent about during their 10 years of marriage. Throughout the course of their conversations, she speaks frankly of the disappointments, sorrows, and sacrifices that have made her life so difficult throughout the previous decade.
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Tag Archives: Germany
Day of Anger / I giorni dell’ira (1967) Tonino Valerii, Giuliano Gemma, Lee Van Cleef, Walter Rilla, Western
Amiable, unassertive Scott Mary picks up the trash, cleans the toilets, sweeps the floors in the town of Clifton. Then a gunfighter comes to town. He offers advice and guidance to Scott who quickly begins to toughen and mature, thus upsetting the balance of power in the town.
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MADO (1976) Claude Sautet, Michel Piccoli, Ottavia Piccolo, Jacques Dutronc, Drama
Middle-aged businessman Simon Léotard finds his future in jeopardy when his partner Julien commits suicide after having accumulated a mass of debts. Simon’s unscrupulous business rival Lépidon offers to save him from bankruptcy by buying his company, at a discount rate. Reluctant to fall into Lépidon’s trap, Simon decides to resolve the crisis himself. A prostitute, Mado, provides him with the solution to his problems…
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Requiescant (1967) Carlo Lizzani, Lou Castel, Mark Damon, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Western
In the post-Civil War West, a young boy is rescued from a massacre by Protestants who instill the value of pacifism in the young boy. But it’s only when he chases after his missing step-sister that he discovers a skill for gunslinging, takes on the name Requiscant, and re-enters the world of violence denied to him as a child. This spaghetti Western also includes a cameo from director Pier Paolo Pasolini as a renegade priest.
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Down by Law (1986) Jim Jarmusch, Tom Waits, John Lurie, Roberto Benigni, Comedy, Crime, Drama
DJ Zack and pimp Jack end up in prison for being too laid-back to avoid being framed for crimes they didn’t commit. They end up sharing a cell with eccentric Italian optimist Roberto, whose limited command of the English language is both entertaining and infuriating. More useful to them is the fact that Roberto knows an escape route.
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Schoolgirl report 10 / Schulmädchen-Report 10. Teil – Irgendwann fängt jede an (1976) Walter Boos, Eva Berthold, Alexandra Bogojevic, Astrid Boner, Comedy, Erotic
fun series story based on what real-life German teenagers schoolgirls
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Schoolgirl report 9 / Schulmädchen-Report 9: Reifeprüfung vor dem Abitur (1975) Walter Boos, Puppa Armbruster, Sandra Atia, Ulrich Beiger, Comedy, Drama, Erotic
With them every class is sex education
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Schoolgirl report 8 / Schulmädchen-Report 8. Teil – Was Eltern nie erfahren dürfen (1974) Ernst Hofbauer, Wolf Ackva, Puppa Armbruster, Sandra Atia, Drama, Erotic
story based on what real-life German teenagers schoolgirls of the day were up to
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Schoolgirl report 7 / Schulmädchen-Report 7. Teil – Doch das Herz muß dabei sein (1974) Ernst Hofbauer, Alfred Acktun, Puppa Armbruster, Hans Bergmann, Comedy, Drama, Erotic
A bunch of lovely teenage schoolgirls work at a secret brothel where they have sex with high paying older men. After the girls all get arrested for prostitution, several of them discuss how they wound up working at said brothel
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Schoolgirl Report 6 / Schulmädchen-Report 6. Teil – Was Eltern gern vertuschen möchten (1973) Ernst Hofbauer, Puppa Armbruster, Gerd Arnau, Ini Assmann, Comedy, Erotic
The sexual adventures of young German girls.
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