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Heinosuke Gosho – Ôsaka no yado AKA An Inn at Osaka (1954)
Synopsis:Mr. Mito (Shuji Sano), a Tokyo businessman, is demoted and sent to Osaka. There, he finds lodging in the titular…
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Ömür Atay, Selim Demirdelen, Kudret Sabanci, Yücel Yolcu, Ümit Ünal – Anlat Istanbul AKA Istanbul Tales (2005)
Quote:Istanbul Tales is a film which tells five interconnected stories set in modern-day Istanbul based on the fairy tales Snow…
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Sam Peckinpah – The Wild Bunch (1969)
Quote:An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the “traditional” American West is disappearing around them.…
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Werner Herzog – My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009)
Quote:Inspired by a true crime, a man begins to experience mystifying events that lead him to slay his mother with…
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Jaakko Pakkasvirta – Kesäkapina AKA Summer Rebellion (1970)
Quote:Young photography model Susanna and her alienated teenage brother Veli spend the summer of 1969 travelling around Finland, mostly with…
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Paul Vecchiali – Point d’orgue (1993)
Plot: Sébastien Fischer (Rüdiger Vogler), a celebrated pianist, takes the advice of his agent and friend Gorgio and decides to…
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Sang-soo Hong – Book chon bang hyang AKA The Day He Arrives (2011)
Quote:Shot in murky black and white, Hong’s film traverses an open-air spectrum of repeating nuances, locations, and dialogue in charming…
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Léa Pool – À corps perdu (1988)
Quote:A war photographer returns home to Montréal to discover that his two partners have left him to be together. Alone…
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Akira Kurosawa – Kagemusha [+commentary] (1980)
Synopsis:Akira Kurosawa’s lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief (Tatsuya Nakadai) who is recruited to impersonate Shingen…
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