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Makoto Naitô – Jûdai: Keiko no baai a.k.a The Fall of Teenager (1979)
Quote: Keiko, a high school girl from private Yotsuba Gakuen. It may not be her own responsibility that the 17-year-old…
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Richard Benjamin – My Favorite Year (1982)
Quote: […] Unashamedly nostalgic, and almost autobiographical, ‘My Favorite Year’ has a standout performance by Peter O’Toole, who was Oscar…
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Angela Wamai – Shimoni AKA The Pit (2022)
A teacher newly released from prison renegotiates the confines of the physical world while forced to face his nightmare in…
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Claude Bernard-Aubert – L’ardoise AKA The Comeuppance (1970)
Plot: Philippe, a student, is sent to jail for manhandling his father’s business partner, who blackmailed the poor man and…
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Matt Mahurin – I Like Killing Flies (2004)
Synopsis: This bitingly funny comedy follows a prickly, profanity-prone man seeking to preserve his dream; it dishes up bites of…
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Douglas Sirk – Stützen der Gesellschaft AKA Pillars Of Society (1935)
Quote: Henrik Ibsen’s 1877 play Samfundets Stotter (Pillars of Society) was the source for this German drama. The plot centers…
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Rolf Hansen – Auferstehung AKA Resurrection (1958)
At the end of the nineteenth century, Russia, Prince Nekhlyudov, on the verge of contracting a marriage of convenience, leads…
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Yukie Saito – Benighted but Not Begun (1994)
letterboxd:Fragments of scenes from the lives of men and women who are tormented and bullied appear in this film. Using…
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Kirdy Stevens – Taboo (1980)
Quote: A female friend of a sexually frustrated mother tries broadening her horizons with a sex orgy. Though avoiding it,…
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