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Ingmar Bergman – Backanterna aka Bacchae (1993)
Backanterna is a recording of Bergman’s production of the staged opera Bacchae, a transposition of Euripides’ classical drama written for…
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Claude Chabrol – Merci pour le chocolat AKA Nightcap (2000)
Quote:When the young Jeanne finds out that she could have mistakenly been exchanged from her cradle with another newborn (the…
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Kihachi Okamoto – Eburi manshi no yûga-na seikatsu AKA The Elegant Life Of Mr. Everyman (1963)
Quote:Eburi is a 36 year-old man. Nothing enthuses him any more. While being drunk, he promises to contribute a story…
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Olympe de G. – Une dernière fois (2020)
Salomé is 69-year-old and doesn’t want to grow old in a society that pays little attention to elderly people; thus,…
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Alain Guiraudie – Les héros sont immortels AKA Heroes Never Die (1990)
Quote:Guiraudie’s first film concerns two young men engaged in a favorite pastime: hanging out and talking. Specifically, they wait in…
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Patrice Leconte – Tango (1993)
Synopsis (possible spoilers):‘Vincent, a stunt pilot, is acquitted of murdering his wife and her lover. However, a few years later,…
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Jean Negulesco – Humoresque [+Extras] (1946)
A moment of personal tragedy prompts concert violinist Paul Boray (John Garfield) to re-evaluate his life. He recalls happier times…
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Jacques Doillon – Ponette (1996)
Les Inrockuptibles wrote:A 4-year-old child loses her mother. From this violent and irremediable situation, Jacques Doillon builds with Ponette a…
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Kon Ichikawa – Biruma no tategoto aka The Burmese harp (1956)
Captain Inouye is a music lover and he taught his unit to sing. One of his soldiers, Mizushima, learned to…
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